An outcry has sparked in Harare West after a woman was found dead in a state of undress.
The incident happened in Greencroft and the woman’s naked body was spotted in a grass patch along Hallingbury Road.
Harare West MP Jessie Mjome says this is the 3rd murder in the small area in two years to date.
The body was discovered around 1.pm on Sunday by two people walking along Hallingbury road.
Nearby residents said they heard a voice of a woman screaming at around 8.pm on Saturday and as they tried to investigate they only saw a vehicle which looked like a Mercedes Benz speeding from the scene.
Wounds could visibly be seen on the back of the body, suggesting that the woman was dragged along the tarred road before she was thrown in the tall grass by the roadside.
Greencroft residents took a swipe at the City of Harare for not cutting the tall grass in the area, saying this aids the activities of thieves and murderers. MP Majome echoed the same worries saying:
“As reported on the link below, residents have every right to blame council for uncut grass and unlit street lights which create havens for criminals who pounce of unsuspecting victims (who are often women). Ironically just two days before an environmental indaba was convened by Cllr Peter Manjoro just a few metres from the crime scene whereat echoed residents’ cries for street lighting and grass cutting. The council promised to deliver these soon.
“In 2013 Zachaeus Nemadire was found dead in the Lavenham Rd, Bluff Hill, Ward 41, a street which did not have street lights. Click here for full story https://www.facebook.com/jessiefungai.majome/posts/312556312237419 . In 2015 the body of Sarudzayi Chindawi was found in a green way in Mabelreign. To my knowledge both murders have not been solved, ” she said.
Police, who attended the crime scene declined to comment, according to the State Media.
They took the body to Marlbereign Police Station for investigations.