Kwekwe – A Kwekwe man believed to be high on drugs threw himself from high rise First Mutual Building in Kwekwe CBD at 7am this morning resulting in his death.
The man is yet to be identified.Shocking is that members of the public urged him on as he sat precariously on the edge of the building.
Sources said the man was a drug addict. He told some vendors last night about his intention to commit suicide
In a viral video that is circulating on social media, the man scaled the multi-floor First Mutual Building along Robert Mugabe Way in the Kwekwe central business district. The unidentified man was topless and only had trousers.
He wanted to get the work done over with in no time, so he climbed to the roof of the building at 7 AM. On getting to the top, he initially sat at the edge of the building eerily. Members of the public spotted him and instantly gathered below to watch.
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“This man was a drug addict but we always saw him picking some plastics for recycling that was his hustle but it was clear that he was into drug and substance abuse.
“Yesterday we saw him and he was telling people that he wanted to commit suicide so this morning we saw him up the building and people started shouting encouraging him to kill himself,” said one of the vendors who operates near the building.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police attended the scene and took the body away for further investigations
