Gweru family buries a wrong body
By Memory Mudzani
A Gweru family buried the body following the two murder incidents which occurred on 4 December 2023 in Moab 14 and Mkoba 16 business centres, Gweru, where Takudzwa Chipadza and Courage Sibanda were murdered respectively.
It is alleged that on the 6th of December 2023, Takudzwa Chipadza’s relatives went to Gweru Provincial Hospital mortuary where they mistakenly collected the body of the late Courage Sibanda instead of Takudzwa Chipadza’s body, they buried the body of Courage Sibanda on the 7thday of December 2023 at Mutasa Cemetery, Clifton Park, and Gweru.
It is further alleged that on the 07th of December 2023, the late Courage Sibanda’s relatives went to the same hospital mortuary to collect his body but instead they collected the body of Takudzwa Chipadza, they took the body to Somabhula for burial and the matter came to light the following day during body viewing when the father of the deceased discovered that it was not his son.
It is said that Sibanda’s family advised Gweru Provincial Hospital authorities about the incident and Takudzwa’s relatives were engaged and upon of the body both families agreed that the body which had been brought back was that of Takudzwa Chipadza and Sibanda had been mistakenly buried.
The exhumation of Sibanda’s body was granted by the relevant authorities and it was exhumed on the 14th of December 2023 and both bodies will be buried on 15 December 2023, Sibanda in Somabhula and Chipadza at Mutasa Cemetery in Gweru.
Zimbabwe republic Police is encouraging bereaved families to take their time in identifying their dead relatives and be satisfied before burial to avoid such occurrences.
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