Police in Lundazi District of Eastern Province have retrieved the body of an unidentified man believed to be between 30 and 40 years old.
The decomposed body was discovered along the banks of the Lundazi River near the Castle Hotel.
Eastern Province Commissioner of Police, Robertson Mweemba, confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Lundazi, saying the discovery was made around 08:00 hours today by a 40-year-old man who was walking along the riverbank to buy fresh fish from local fishermen.
Mr. Mweemba said the man noticed a strong stench and a swarm of flies coming from the riverbank and, upon investigating, found the body lying face-up, shirtless, and dressed in grey ripped jeans.
“The man is estimated to have been dead for about seven to fourteen days based on the state of decomposition,” Mr. Mweemba stated.
He added that the Public Health Office from the Lundazi Town Council was engaged, and a decision was made to bury the body and mark the grave for possible future exhumation.
Police have since launched investigations into the matter. No reports of missing persons have been recorded at the station in recent weeks.
Source: ZANIS