Police intensify probe into the murder of schoolboy

Crime Reporter

POLICE have intensified investigations into the death of a 14-year-old schoolboy found dead with a deep cut on the back of the head over the weekend in Binga.

Alumbweleza Munkombwe was last seen last Thursday coming from school at around 3:30pm before he went missing. His body was discovered in a bushy area near Mabobolo Secondary School on Saturday.

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police had since arrested Remember Dube (27) in connection with the case.

Meanwhile, police in Bulawayo are investigating a kidnapping at a bus terminus by the intersection of Third Avenue and Lobengula Street on Sunday.

Asst Comm Nyathi said an unknown woman disappeared with a complainant’s newly born baby boy after the complainant had left the baby with the suspect while negotiating for transport to Peria Village in Nyamandlovu.

“The suspect had assisted the complainant with discharge processes at Mpilo Maternity ward before offering her transport from the hospital. Anyone with information should report at any nearest Police Station,” he said.

In Harare, police are also investigating the drowning of a one-year-old boy in a disused well at a house in Maseko, Epworth.

The boy was playing in the yard while the mother was inside the house. His body was taken to a hospital mortuary for post mortem.