A 31-YEAR-OLD Mutare woman killed herself and her son by
lacing their food with rat poison citing economic hardships.
Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa
Kakohwa confirmed the incident yesterday.
Sheilla Mamera was found dead on Friday morning together
with her 12-year-old son, Fidelis Mamera, a Grade 5 pupil.
Kakokwa said on August 2, Mamera and her son were
discovered in the morning by one of her children, who reported the matter to
Marymount Police Station. A sachet of rat killer and a pot of rice were found
at the scene.
“There was also a suicide note which said she had killed
herself due to economic hardships, but she did not say which economic
hardships,” he said.
Meanwhile, a fishing escapade ended tragically after a
13-year-old girl drowned in Chipinge last Friday.
Police confirmed the death of Angela Simango, from Chief
Musikavanhu area in Chipinge, who drowned while trying to catch a fish at
Nyamukunge River.
Kakohwa said on August 2, the now-deceased was in the
company of her friend Rudo Chingizana.
While in the river, Simango followed a fish into a cave on
the river and her hand was trapped.
Simango signalled for help to her friend, who rushed back
home and alerted the now-deceased’s uncle, Bernard Sithole, who rushed to the
river.
Sithole, however, failed to rescue Simango and rushed back
to the village and alerted a traditional healer Magumo Mudimu who performed
rituals at the scene before retrieving her body. Newsday
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