The body of a man suspected to be in his mid (30s) thirties was on Friday found evidently thrown in the middle of the busy Beitbridge – Bulawayo highway about ten kilometres outside Gwanda.
The corpse, with wounds evident of being from an axe or a similar object around the face and back of the head, was found deliberately thrown into the highway to create a fake case of a hit and run by a vehicle.
However, there is was no evidence at the scene to show that there was a vehicle involved in the death of the person.
Police in Gwanda have since launched an appeal to members of the public who may have information that may lead to the arrest of persons involved in the killing of the man. TO SEE THE PICTURES, FOLLOW THE LIKE/SUBSCRIBE button at https://www.facebook.com/ZimEye and request via inbox Gwanda murder pictures
According to the police no form of identification was found with the body nor any possession such as a cellphone or money. The police have since appealed to anyone who may be missing a relative who most likely may have been traveling to Johannesburg on Friday to contact Gwanda Police.
Villagers at the Insindi area where the body was found have failed to identify the man. The villagers however suspect that he may have been attacked elsewhere and dumped in the area.
Some however claim that they heard sounds of a man screaming as one being in a fight with a number of people in the early hours of Friday morning followed by sounds of a car speeding off.
The villagers further claim that a week ago, they found another man badly beaten along the road looking for transport to Bulawayo. The man is said to have claimed that he had been robbed by four men in a South African registered Toyota Corolla. The man claimed to have got into that car at a pick up point in Bulawayo destined for Messina to buy stocks for his business. The villagers say the man claimed to have been robbed of more than R50 000 and $500 plus valuables that included a cellphone and an iPad.
Police could not immediately confirm the robbery incident but however urged members of the public to desist from traveling in private vehicles with unknown persons particularly to South Africa.

Meanwhile, the body of the man is still at Gwanda hospital mortuary.