A MACHETE wielding Umwinsidale man hacked his wife and
hanged himself leaving a suicidal note in his trousers’ pocket on Tuesday.
Stephen Bisiwasi, 37, was reported to have been offended by
his wife Tryphine Nyika, 32’s decision to separate with him for his failure to
support the family for almost five months.
Tryphine was rushed to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals
where she was pronounced dead upon admission.
The two were all employed by the same employer as gardener
and maid and residing at their workplace in one of the cottages along Holmwood
Close in Umwinsidale.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi confirmed the incident urging people to engage police in any domestic
violent cases.
At the time of the police statement, they had not received
confirmation of her death.
H-Metro on Wednesday met with Tryphine’s relatives at
Parirenyatwa where they were processing papers to get her body for burial.
“Police are investigating a case involving a couple where
the husband hanged himself after attacking his wife with a machete in
Umwinsidale on Tuesday,” said Ass-Comm Nyathi.
“Circumstances were that on 1st May 2020 at around 1800
hours, the two had a misunderstanding which led them to separate and ended up
sleeping in different rooms at the same complex.
“On 5th May 2020 and at around 1100 hours, a neighbour who
is also employed at the same address, heard noise coming from the scene of
crime.
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“He went on to investigate on what was happening and was
surprised to see the wife lying in a pool of blood with head injuries and had
her two right hand fingers cut off.
“He rushed to call their employer who was not at home at
the time of occurrence.
“Employer responded to the call and rushed with Tryphine
Nyika to Parirenyatwa Hospital for treatment and was admitted in the ICU
section and her condition was said to be critical,” he said.
Kapasure said he found the now deceased hanging from the
trusses of a gazebo thatched shed which is in the yard and informed the
deceased’s sister.
“The deceased used a rope to hang himself from trusses of a
gazebo shed.
“Information on the suicidal note indicates that the now
deceased assaulted Tryphine using a machete and thought he had killed her and
hanged himself to death.
“A machete full of blood was near where Tryphine was lying
and two fingers of Tryphine which were cut with a machete,”said Kapasure.
Tryphine sustained several cuts on the head and lost two
right hand fingers as a result of the attack by the deceased using a machete.
Nyika family spokesperson Letwin Nyika said the body of
Nyika will be buried in Hwedza soon after postmortem.
Bisiwasi family were still to collect Steven’s body at
Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals by yesterday. H Metro
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