Zhombe Man Dragged From Makeshift Boat By Crocodile
A man from Zhombe, Midlands Province, has been missing since Monday this week after a crocodile dragged him into the Gweru River.
Mutsa Muchenje, whose age was not given, was reportedly fishing in a makeshift canoe with friends at a dam at ARDA Fair Acres in Dendera when he was attacked by the reptile.
Kwekwe District Civil Protection Unit Chairperson, Fortune Mpungu, confirmed the incident to the Chronicle, saying Muchenje’s remains are yet to be located. Said Mpungu:
We received a report of a man who was mauled by a crocodile on Monday while fishing with others. They were using a makeshift canoe when the crocodile attacked.
Others managed to escape unhurt but Muchenje could not and was dragged into the water.
He added that the community together with the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management (Zimparks) as well as Zibagwe Rural District Council rangers are conducting a search for Muchenje’s remains.
