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The bodies of the two rangers were taken to the capital, Harare, for examinations, said Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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It is with great sadness that our 2 missing rangers have been found dead in Lake Kariba.\u00a0@<\/span>Zimparks<\/span><\/a> wants to thank stakeholders, sister security depts who worked tirelessly to search our<\/p>\n

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\nIn an earlier tweet, Farawo said one of the park rangers \u201chad multiple stab wounds and had hands tied behind the back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The two rangers had arrested four Zambian men for poaching and on Dec. 31 were transporting them by boat to Kariba town to be charged and jailed. But the four suspects overpowered the rangers and threw them into Lake Kariba, said Farawo. The rangers\u2019 bodies were discovered after a week-long search.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities are searching for the suspected poachers, he said.<\/p>\n

The rangers had caught the poachers in Matusadona National Park, home to lions, leopards, elephants and hyena on the shores of Lake Kariba, one of the world\u2019s largest man-made lakes. The park is popular with tourists who go on walking safaris and boating on the lake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The rangers had detained the poachers overnight before attempting to take them by boat to Kariba town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Although the parks agency has recorded \u201ca significant decrease\u201d in poaching in the wildlife rich southern African country, cases of armed contact between poachers and rangers have been on the rise in the Kariba area, where Zimbabwe borders Zambia to the north, said Farawo. The two countries share the lake as well as the magnificent Victoria Falls along the Zambezi River.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The bodies of the two rangers were taken to the capital, Harare, for examinations, said Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Tuesday. 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