By Correspondent
POLICE in Bulawayo have invited members of the public missing relatives to contact them as they seek to identify human remains found behind the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) a week ago.
A city fire crew stumbled upon the human remains as they were putting out a veld fire in the area.
Indications however, are that the remains could belong to a man after worn out male trousers and pieces of a helmet were found at the scene.
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube told a local publication that no particulars were found at the scene hence their appeal.
“We appeal to members of the public with missing relatives to check with their nearest police stations for assistance,” said Ncube.
Sources close to investigations have said there are suspicions that the remains could belong to illegal gold panners who move around digging for gold.
“There is a lot of illegal gold mining in the area surrounding Nust all the way to Killarney suburb so the going theory is that this could have been a fatality from clashes between illegal gold miners but investigations are ongoing,” said the source.
The discovery of the human remains has generated a lot of talk within and outside Nust with claims that the veld fire, which destroyed a lot of vegetation, suddenly died down right before the bones.
