KARIBA – Police have retrieved the bodies of two park rangers who had arrested four poachers but were then thrown into Lake Kariba by the suspects.
The bodies of the two rangers were taken to Harare for examinations, said Tinashe Farawo, the spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Tuesday.
Farawo said one of the park rangers “had multiple stab wounds and had hands tied behind the back.”
The two rangers had arrested four Zambian men for poaching and on December 31 were transporting them by boat to Kariba town to be charged and jailed. But the four suspects overpowered the rangers and threw them into Lake Kariba, said Farawo.
The rangers’ bodies were discovered after a week-long search.
Police spokesman Paul Nyathi said they were working with their Zambian counterparts to locate and arrest the poachers who are now wanted for the double murder. – AP
