Harare - A white farmer has been killed in Zimbabwe, the first in almost 18 months, the predominantly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) announced on Wednesday.
The body of Peter Sivertsen, believed to be in his 70s, was found "mutilated, in a hole in the ground" by a neighbour in the central town of Kwekwe, about 200km west of the capital.
"A Kwekwe farmer has been murdered in his home... apparently during a household robbery," the CFU said in a statement.
Police could not comment on the murder.
"We do not have the details yet," police spokesperson Oliver Mandipaka said when contacted for confirmation.
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The CFU blamed the incident on lawlessness which it said was rampant and had resulted in widespread theft, car hijackings and house break-ins.
"The CFU strongly condemns this incident and the current spate of criminal activity and general lawlessness in the country, and urges the authorities to make every effort to control the situation," the farmers' body said.
About a dozen white farmers and scores of blacks were killed in two-and-half years up to June 2002 when government embarked on a land reform scheme of forcibly taking land away from a minority group of whites giving it to landless blacks.
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