THERE was drama at Mzemba Village in Zhombe, Kwekwe when
the family of a man who was killed on New Year’s Day dumped the body at the
suspected assailant’s homestead and left it for three days demanding 16 cattle
as compensation.
The incident occurred two weeks ago when relatives of
Leaders Nkomo (25), of Mzemba Village under Chief Ntabeni in Zhombe, allegedly
dumped his body at a fellow villager Rodrick Ndlovu’s homestead demanding 16
cattle as compensation after he was accused of having a hand in the killing of
the deceased.
According to Ndlovu, Nkomo’s relatives besieged his homestead
armed with machetes and dumped the body, accusing him of having a hand in the
death of their relative. Ndlovu said the relatives left the body at his
homestead for three days and later retrieved it after he paid 10 cattle.
“What happened is that, I was at St Theresa Shopping Centre
on the day when a group of young men from my village started fighting. When I
tried to restrain them, two people Doit and Prince (Nyathi) allegedly stabbed
Leaders several times.
“We heard that he died the following day at Loreto Mission
Hospital. So after that incident, Leaders’ body was taken by police for
post-mortem. When the body was brought back, his relatives brought it to my
place and left it there for three days. They were demanding 16 cattle as
compensation. My relatives then contributed 10 cattle and they removed the
body. They were accusing me of being one of the people who killed their
relative,” he said.
Midlands Police Spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko confirmed
the murder.
“I can confirm that we are investigating a murder case
which occurred on New Year’s Day. It is alleged that the now deceased was
drinking beer at St Theresa Shopping Centre and an altercation arose between
him and fellow villagers Manford Dube, Rodrick Ndlovu and Prince Nyathi.
It is suspected that it degenerated into a fight resulting
in Leaders being stabbed on the head below the ear,” he said.
Insp Goko said Leaders was rushed to Kwekwe District
Hospital where he died the following morning. Sunday News
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