By Wildlife Correspondent| The Zimbabwe Republic Police has announced it is looking for an elephant which allegedly trampled an 81 year old woman to death.

Their announcement read in full: An 81 year old woman was trampled to death by an elephant on 20/1/20 in Lupane while travelling alone in the bush. Her body was discovered by another lone traveller who alerted other villagers and reported the matter to the police. Follow-ups are being made to locate the animal.”

May her soul rest in peace. A lone traveller discovered the body of another lone traveller allegedly trampled to death by an elephant. Now the police are searching for the culprit. This doesn’t make sense. How will the police link an elephant to an event that has no witnesses?, commented one Twitter user, Zandatoto.

Another Tinofa Mutevedzi, asked saying, “intriguing, isn’t it? Lets suppose
Police Zimbabwe manage to locate the animal; then what, kill the elephant and case closed? Thought there’s urgent need to deploy all available police resources to deal with Mashurugwi menace?”

Andrew Daye Longworth asked: “So how do you know if it was an elephant?You are making a follow up for the animal to make an arrest. who told the lone traveller that it was an elephant?