A MAN, who exploded into a fit of rage and stabbed his girlfriend’s two children, leaving one dead and another in hospital on Sunday night, might have been influenced by a belief that their mother was away in the company of another man.
However, it has turned out that Needmore Mauka, the woman
who lost her child in the savage knife attack, was in Ngezi where she had gone
to support her favourite team, Dynamos, in the Chibuku Super Cup final.
She left her three kids at her home in Mufakose and they
all faced real danger, at the hands of her married lover, Thomas Nyamhunga, who
decided to attack the innocent children.
One of the kids was killed, another was seriously injured
and is in hospital while a third fled the chaos and alerted neighbours.
Mauka now regrets dating Nyamhunga.
She told H-Metro yesterday that Nyamhunga has been turning
down her proposals that they should end their relationship after his wife found
out about their illicit affair.
She said Nyamhunga, who was well-known to her children, got
home in her absence in the evening and asked the children to prepare food.
After they had eaten, he told them to go to bed, unbeknown
to them that he had evil intentions of killing them.
He slept in the same bed with Emmanuel Tinenyasha Mauka
(5), whom he stabbed to death.
Andile Tawananyasha Mauka (8) is battling for life at Sally
Mugabe Central Hospital and their older sister escaped unscathed.
Earlier during the day, Nyamhunga had called her.
“I regret answering Thomas’ phone call and ever dating
him,” said Mauka.
“I want to believe that the words we exchanged over the
phone could have angered him to the extent of killing my child and injuring the
other.
“Andirwadzisa Thomas.
“I didn’t know that he was so evil.”
She added: “I was receiving threatening messages from his
wife, Mai Alice, over our affair.
“I decided to separate from Thomas, but he has been
refusing.
“He even suggested I move to alternative accommodation to
avoid his wife, but I refused.
“Airamba kurambwa, saka akandifonera kuti ndiripi
ndikamuudza kuti ndaenda kubhora reDynamos.
“He accused me of being with a boyfriend, yet I was with my
female friends. The conversation did not go well and he hung up.
“I rushed home after he informed me about his intention to
go to my rented house. I arrived around 9pm and found people gathered at my
house and I suspected something bad had happened.”
Nyamhunga, a Mufakose meat vendor, is said to have fled the
scene after Mauka’s 12-year-old daughter managed to escape from the raging
butcher.
Mufakose residents are baying for Nyamhunga’s blood.
One resident, Susan Matsunga, said: “This is so sad, we are
in pain and heartbroken because of Thomas.
“I have known Thomas for years and never knew his bad side
since he was a staunch follower of a local church. He looked too innocent to do
this evil. I later learnt that he was now taking alcohol and no longer going to
church.
“I feel sorry for a mother robbed of a son in such a way.
As women, we are being abused daily for the sake of love and marriage.” H Metro
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