Police find human skulls, remains at home of Bindura man arrested over dummy pistol

HARARE
–
Police
have
arrested
a
28-year-old
man
after
discovering
human
skulls
and
other
remains
at
his
home
following
an
initial
arrest
at
a
mine
in
Bindura.

Police
confirmed
the
arrest
of
Alfred
Chinjiva,
28,
who
was
first
apprehended
on
February
2,
2026,
for
possession
of
articles
of
criminal
use
after
he
was
found
carrying
a
dummy
pistol
at
a
mine
in
Bindura.

Following
the
arrest,
detectives
conducted
a
search
at
Chinjiva’s
residence
in
Chipandura
Park,
where
they
made
a
gruesome
discovery
of
suspected
human
remains.

Police
recovered
two
human
skulls,
one
of
which
had
two
cuts
at
the
back
and
was
wrapped
in
a
yellow
cloth,
while
the
other
was
wrapped
in
a
red
cloth.

Officers
also
found
a
single
bone
wrapped
in
a
red
cloth,
two
buckets
containing
bones
wrapped
in
green,
yellow,
black
and
blue
cloths,
as
well
as
three
plastic
containers
filled
with
soil
mixed
with
suspected
human
bones
and
hair.

Police
said
investigations
are
ongoing
to
establish
the
origin
of
the
remains
and
whether
any
criminal
offences,
including
murder
or
grave
desecration,
were
committed.

“More
details
will
be
released
as
investigations
progress,”
national
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said.