Matabeleland South province,Zimbabwe – A Bulilima man is on the run after fatally assaulting his neighbour to death over a chicken he suspected him of stealing.
I can confirm that we recorded a murder case in Ntambana area in Bulilima. The accused person Khawulani Ngwenya met the now-deceased Mbikeni Tshuma at Ntonga Business Centre at around 8 PM and began accusing him of stealing his chicken.
Ngwenya picked up a brick, grabbed Tshuma by the collar and struck him on the head. He then force-marched Tshuma to his homestead where he is suspected to have further assaulted him.
Tshuma was found dead the following morning along a footpath which is a few metres from Ngwenya’s homestead by a passerby. He is suspected to have died as a result of the injuries sustained during the attack. The matter was reported to the police who attended the scene.
Chief Insp Ndebele sternly urged people to try to resolve any disputes amicably.
As police, we continue to urge people to desist from engaging in violence when faced with disputes but rather find amicable ways of resolving their differences such as engaging third parties. We continue to record murder cases over trivial issues which can be easily resolved.
Some of these cases will be as a result of mere accusations such as this case in which Ngwenya accused Tshuma of stealing his chicken.
If at any case someone is wronged, they should let the law take its course and not take the law into their hands.
According to Information gathered the suspect force-marched the now-deceased to his home where he tied his feet and legs before viciously assaulting him with a sjambok.
After the ordeal, the victim was released. Badly injured, he then staggered to a neighbouring homestead where he collapsed in the kitchen hut.
He was found the following day at around 2 AM by Mr Mbekezeli Sibanda who then reported the case.
