Hunting tragedy ...as granny (71) dies in pursuit of rock rabbits

BUHERA - A routine traditional hunting trip ended in tragedy after a missing elderly hunter's decomposed, lifeless body was found trapped under a rock boulder at a mountain peak, with a rock-rabbit (catch) on a snare and an empty packet of biscuits by his side.

The deceased, Munaro Machakache left home on Saturday morning (last week) and never came back, which raised suspicion from neighbours and his nephew, who reported the matter to the village head.

The village head and other headmen summoned all villagers to embark on a weeklong thorough search and found the late Sekuru Machakache trapped under a rock boulder in Vete mountain.

"Yes, we summoned everyone to embark on a thorough search because it was unusual for him not to return from his routine hunting trips. He always comes back home," one of the village head said.

"We found him trapped under a rock boulder in Vete mountain, with one of his snares entrapped to a rock rabbit. Just by the side of the mountain cave adjacent to his lifeless body, there was an empty packet of biscuits," he added.

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Manicaland spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Chinyoka said that the case is yet to be confirmed.