Maria Gumbo later died and her remains were discovered
lying in a pool of blood by her elder sister who then informed other villagers
and the matter was reported to the police who took him into custody with help
from villagers.
The boy allegedly committed the crime at around 7am. Police
officer commanding Beitbridge district Chief Superintendent Tichaona Nyongo
said the teenager was arrested on Sunday by villagers who handed him over to
police.
“We managed to arrest him with the assistance of community
members and from the stolen money, we recovered R1 540. The matter is now under
investigation,” said Chief Supt Nyongo. Ms Gumbo’s body has since been taken to
Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
A source close to the case said Ms Gumbo had four deep cuts
in the head and her body was found lying face down, some 500 metres from her
homestead.
“The deceased was discovered lying in a pool of blood by
her elder sister around 2pm along a footpath. The elder sister had left Gumbo
around 7am when she proceeded to Dite dip tank with her herd of cattle and came
back home at around 2pm,” said the source.
Police recovered two blood-stained logs next to Ms Gumbo’s
body and there was evidence of some struggle 50 metres away from where the body
was lying.
The incident comes a few weeks after a 75-year-old man from
the Whunga area in Beitbridge West under Chief Tshitaudze reportedly went
berserk at the height of an unknown dispute with his live-in partner Violet
Ncube (57), and chopped her to death using a machete and an axe.
Sitoboli Maluko is said to have killed the woman, while his
16-year-old step son watched in shock.
After committing the murder, Maluko hanged himself using a
rope on a tree near the crime scene. Herald
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