Zimbabwe resort town in new lion alert

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Wildlife officials say they have renewed a lion alert at the northern tourism and fishing resort town of Kariba after the reported sighting of two more lions near the suburb where two people were mauled to death last week.

The state wildlife authority said Monday the weekend sightings were in the "same general area" around the Mahombekombe township suburb. Three rogue lions were hunted down and killed there Thursday and Friday.

Officials said it was not proven that new "man eaters" have been sighted at all. Rangers and volunteers are deploying before dawn Tuesday to look for fresh lion tracks and echo animal calls to try and rouse any lions nearby.

After rogue lions terrified the townspeople last week, "everyone is seeing lions in every shadow," one official said.

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Belgian killed in Mexico resort was businessman

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Local prosecutors in Mexico say a Belgian citizen killed in the coastal resort of Acapulco was a resident businessman working for a transnational firm.

The Guerrero state district attorney's office on Sunday identified the man as 59-year-old Jan Sarens. He was an executive with the Belgian firm Sarens, which supplies heavy transportation equipment for construction, mining and energy. It has offices in 50 countries, including Mexico.

An attorney for the firm's Mexico office said it had not identified the body. Attorney Celia Gomez said the company had a board member named Jans Sarens who lived in Mexico.

The man was shot to death Saturday afternoon in a shopping center parking lot near Mexican Tennis Open headquarters. His body was found outside his Mercedes Benz vehicle, which had Mexico City plates.

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