The horror
played out just after midday when the man stormed an elderly couple’s
homestead. Armed with logs, he bludgeoned the husband to death on the spot
while his wife was left fighting for her life in a coma.
Not done, the
blood-soaked attacker moved to a nearby homestead where he butchered three
female family members — a mother, her daughter and a 15-year-old niece —
leaving only a teenage boy alive after he sprinted for his life.
“After being
outpaced by the boy, the man went to a community dam where he found a woman
washing clothes. He pummeled her to death right there. This has left us shocked
and shattered,” said Ward 11 councillor Siphosenkosi Moyo.
The killings
triggered panic as terrified villagers locked themselves indoors while others
joined police in a manhunt that ended with the suspect’s arrest a few hours
later.
Matabeleland
South police spokesperson Inspector Chiratidzo Dube referred all questions to
national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, who was not reachable by
phone.
The once quiet
village is now gripped by grief and fear as families prepare for multiple
burials from one of the worst murder sprees to ever rock Bulilima district.
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