By A Correspondent | A Zimbabwe Republic Police incident video has surfaced of a murder suspect who justifies why he cut his victim’s head off, saying he chose to burn the rest of the body but the head, because according to him the skull is too precious.
ZimEye reveals how the suspect justifies the murder saying it all happened during a fight at work.
The development which might explain the motive behind a rise in ritual killings, comes in the wake of the government scandal over the murder of the 7 year old Murehwa lad, Tapiwa Makore, who was murdered in September and his head is still to be found to this day.
Below is the transcript of the cut interview-
SUSPECT: Oh no, I just wanted to bury the head down in the earth.
ZRP MALE COP: You mean the head?
ZRP FEMALE: But why didn’t you also burn the head together with the body?
ZRP MAKE COP: Did you start by striking him?
SUSPECT: No, I decided that the head is too precious it should not be burnt.
ZRP FEMALE COP: Alright
SUSPECT: You do not burn a person’s hair while it is still on the head.
ZRP MALE COP: So you would still burn burn the head?
SUSPECT: Yes
ZRP MALE COP: Because the police need to understand this. They are clueless. It’s easier to burn a person’s body but the head is impossible to do the same?
SUSPECT: Yes very good (you’ve got it).
ZRP MALE COP: You began by striking him with a rock and then you cut him or what?
SUSPECT: We fought at work, and then I struck him with a plastic bottle; He then fell down, then I took a machete, at work,…
and I sliced his head off, and then I burnt the body.
ZRP FEMALE COP: You removed the head while he was still alive or after he’d died?
SUSPECT: He had died.
ENDS THE VIDEO.
- IS THIS MAN TELLING THE TRUTH?