AN artisanal miner from Shurugwi is battling for his life
after his wife allegedly hired “hitmen”, including her boyfriend, to kill him
so she could marry the new lover.
Mr Dereck Mudzengi (28), who was admitted to Shurugwi
District Hospital after he sustained multiple injuries, was saved by passers-by
who heard his screams while he was being attacked by the alleged hitmen with
machetes and iron bars.
According to police, the suspected hitmen abducted Mudzengi from his home in Sebanga
suburb in Shurugwi on Monday night, before taking him to the nearby bush where
they intended to kill him.
Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said
police had already arrested the wife, Priscilla Chiyavayava, and were now
looking for her boyfriend and two other men.
They have also seized Chiyavayava’s phone, with what are
considered incriminating text messages. “I can confirm the arrest of a
20-year-old woman, Priscilla Chiyavayava, who allegedly connived with some
three men, among them her alleged boyfriend, to attack her husband,” said Insp
Goko. “I am, however, still to get full details from the responsible station.”
Police sources close to the investigations said Mr Mudzengi
had just arrived home from panning for gold and told his wife that he got $150
from selling the gold.
Chivayavaya then allegedly sneaked out of their home and
sent a text message to alert her boyfriend, Justin Mpfeka, that Mr Mudzengi was
now at home.
“It seems this was a plan she had already hatched with her
boyfriend because she even indicated in one of her text messages to the
boyfriend that the husband had $150 on him and they should steal it before
killing him,” said a source. Chivayavaya was arrested after Mr Mudzengi
indicated that he suspected one of his assailants to be his wife’s long-time
boyfriend, said the source. Police have since launched a manhunt for Mpfeka and
two of his friends only identified as Nyasha and Lloyd. Herald
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