{"id":82857,"date":"2023-09-05T19:48:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/social-media-posts-about-ritual-murders-in-harare-unsubstantiated-police"},"modified":"2023-09-06T00:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T22:48:31","slug":"social-media-posts-about-ritual-murders-in-harare-unsubstantiated-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/social-media-posts-about-ritual-murders-in-harare-unsubstantiated-police","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Posts About Ritual Murders In Harare &#8220;Unsubstantiated&#8221; &#8211; Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it has taken note of social media claims about ritual killings in Harare\u2019s Central Business District.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Police said they will issue an official statement on Tuesday \u201cto set the record straight\u201d, adding:<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public is urged not to panic or take heed of unsubstantiated social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>ZimLive reported on Monday that Police in Harare are investigating the deaths of five homeless men in less than a week, believed to be victims of a lone serial killer.<\/p>\n<p>The report said Police believe there could be a ritualistic motive to the killings as some of the bodies were opened up and had parts missing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it has taken note of social media claims about ritual killings in Harare\u2019s Central Business District. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Police said they will issue an official statement on Tuesday \u201cto set the record straight\u201d, adding: Meanwhile, the public is urged not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,13764,14789,14269,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-82857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-ritual-killing","12":"tag-ritual-murders","13":"tag-serial-killer","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Social Media Posts About Ritual Murders In Harare &quot;Unsubstantiated&quot; 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