The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) recorded two senseless murders involving juveniles, one in Insuza and the other in Bindura, on Thursday and Friday respectively.

In the first incident which occurred In Insuza, police said a 19-year-old woman fatally assaulted her step-daughter, aged 10, for losing her ballpoint pen at school. Police said:

Police in Lupane arrested Girly Ndlovu (19) for a murder case in which she allegedly fatally assaulted her stepdaughter (10), accusing her of losing a pen at school in Insuza.

In the second incident, police in Bindura arrested Victor Choga (22) for murdering an 11-year-old girl near Centenary Road and Coventry Road on Friday at around 1.30 PM. Police said in a statement:

… police in Bindura arrested Victor Choga (22) for murdering a female juvenile aged 11 near Centenary Road and Coventry Road on 08/07/22 at around 1330 hours.

The suspect followed the victim who was walking through a path that passes through a maize field.

He dragged the victim into the maize field, hit her with an empty beer bottle and strangled her to death before he surrendered himself to the police.