A 35-year-old Chiredzi man, Austine Chitema, was arrested
on Saturday after he allegedly killed Castina Moyo (71) and skinned her with a
machete.
Masvingo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula
has confirmed the incident.
According to a police report, Moyo of village 4 Chiumburu,
under Chief Chitanga in Mwenezi and her four-year-old grandchild, were tending
their millet field when Chitema of Dumela village under Chief Sengwe, Chiredzi,
approached them.
Without provocation, he picked a machete which was lying on
the ground and allegedly struck the deceased twice on the neck and several
times on the head.
He went on to skin Moyo’s head with the machete, knocked
out her front teeth and gouged out her left eye. Chitema then walked away from
the crime scene, still armed with the machete.
When Moyo’s two other grandchildren, both aged 10, returned
home from the pastures that evening, their four-year-old sibling narrated the
incident.
The three siblings informed their neighbour, who
immediately notified Moyo’s daughter Kudzai Moyo who resides in the same
village. The villagers then teamed up and effected a citizen’s arrest on
Chitema after finding him asleep a few metres from the scene of the crime. They
handed him over to the police in Triangle, where he is currently in detention
awaiting trial.
The deceased’s body was taken to Chiredzi General Hospital
mortuary for post-mortem. Newsday
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