(Xinhua) -- A suspected mentally-ill man was last Friday devoured by a pride of marauding lions at a motel in the northern Zimbabwean border town of Chirundu, The Herald reported on Thursday. | I smell a multi-squidgillion zimbuck lawsuit coming... |
Also recovered were the victim's blood-stained clothes. Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident, adding that the remains of the man were taken to Karoi Hospital mortuary.
A guard who was manning the motel witnessed the incident after peeping from a safe hideout when he heard the man scream as the roaring lions attacked him.
Lions are usually active from dusk until nightfall and Nyathi urged visitors to Chirundu and residents to avoid moving at night in the wildlife-infested area and to be extremely vigilant as an attack on humans normally leads to a spate of targeted killings. "Visitors and residents in the area are warned to be cautious and avoid walking at night as history has shown that once lions taste human flesh they begin hunting for it," he said.
He said police had alerted the Parks and Wildlife Management Authority about the incident.