Farai Dziva|The relatives of an MDC A activist, Blessing Toronga, whose body was found in a mortuary in Harare after he had been abducted by unknown people in January, have finally broken the silence.

Blessing was abducted and found dead in hazy circumstances.

Blessing had not been seen since January 24 when witnesses reported seeing him being abducted at Glen Norah C Shopping Centre in Harare by unidentified men who were driving a white Foton Tunland without number plates.

Abel Toronga, his uncle, said after more than a month of searching, Blessing’s body had been found “badly decomposed” at the Chitungizwa Hospital mortuary on Monday.

Blessing’s body was delivered to the hospital on January 27, three days after his abduction, Toronga said.

“We don’t know who killed my brother’s son, but we have been all over looking for him. It really consumed our lives. We are now preparing to bury him,” Toronga said.

Confirmation of Blessing’s death brings to 18 the number of documented deaths after the military and police launched a brutal crackdown following a three-day job boycott called by trade unions over steep fuel price increases which ended in street protests on January 14.