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Police launch a manhunt after six lions were poisoned and butchered

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“Preliminary police investigations indicated that the lions might have been poisoned too. A pair of trousers with blood stains and takkies were also found at the scene.”

Lions

“An employee at the farm was on his way to work when he noticed blood stains on the farm‚ followed by the gruesome discovery of four lions dead with their heads and paws chopped off.

Headless Lion

The other two lions were also dead but with no missing body parts‚” the police said in a statement.

Headless Lion

No arrests have been made yet and the police are appealing to anyone who has information on the suspects to contact Colonel Alpheus Mokale at 082-565-6524 or the crime stop number 0860-010-111‚ the crime line sms 32211 or their nearest police station.

Source: Times Live