Prince Chipika, 29, died five days later after sustaining
injuries when he was attacked by his wife Beauty, Mutondoro, 23. The incident
happened at the weekend.
Prince died on Wednesday, after being admitted at Masvingo
General Hospital.
Following the attack, Beauty was arrested. One of the close
relatives, Simbisai Mutondoro, said the couple have been having domestic
disputes for a long time.
“This couple has been violently fighting each other for a
long time now.
“I used to provide them with counselling and the husband
was, at some point, rude to the extent he wanted everyone in the family to do
as he wished.
“He didn’t like being stopped by anyone and I used to stop
them from fighting,” she said. She said on the day in question, the couple had
an altercation over an axe.
“They have been fighting since a long way back and I would
counsel them.
“They have always been fighting.”
On the day he was attacked, Prince wanted to give away his
maize in exchange for an axe.
“On this day, Prince was drinking beer with his uncle and
his sister passed by.
“She was selling an axe, which she had picked from a bush.
“Prince was interested in the axe and, after some beers,
they went home.
“He then advised his
wife about his decision to buy the axe in exchange for a bucket of maize. An
altercation ensued, and his uncle tried to stop the chaos, they appeared to
have listened.
“The next morning, we were told that they had injured each
other and, sadly, Prince was hit by the axe several times.”
She added: “He died on Wednesday. Zvinhu zvagara
zvichingonetsa kubva kare and but on this day she asked why he wanted to use
maize yet they didn’t have good harvest.
“That is what triggered the fight.” H Metro
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