Prominent Zimbabwean online publication, The News Hawks reports that an incendiary phosphorus grenade which ignites and explodes when hurled, emitting fire and intense heat that burns fiercely, was used to destroy banker Doug Munatsi’s home.
According to the publication Munatsi was not burnt to death when found in the bathroom, he almost certainly died of respiratory and organ failures after he was immbolised by his assailants.
According to research the incendiary weapons release carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which can cause poisoning and respiratory or organ failure when inhaled.
Inhaling air with high carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and low oxygen content can also alter a person’s mental state.
Munatsi might have been killed before the grenade fire or died as a result of respiratory failure, meaning that the fire was meant to destroy and kill everything in its wake in that bedroom.
