BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI
Two Tsholotsho men have been charged with murder after they fatally assaulted a fellow villager who tried to stop them from fighting.
Police said the deceased, identified as Amen Moyo (30), died upon admission at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after the two used attacked him with knobkerries and a golf stick.
“Police in Tsholotsho are investigating a case of murder in which Amen Moyo (30) died whilst admitted at Mpilo Hospital on 16/01/2022,” police said in a statement.
” The suspects, Mthulisi Ndhlovu (23) and Mbusiseni Ndlovu (22) assaulted the victim with a knobkerrie and a golf stick after intervening in an altercation between them and Ronald Moyo (23).”
In Bulawayo, police said they arrested a 32-year-old Trenance man who assaulted his 61-year-old partner to after she insisted on going back to the bar to drink beer.
” Police arrested Stewart Munyapwa (32) in connection with a case of murder which occurred at a bushy area at Trenance Suburb on 15/01/2022,” police said.
” The suspect fatally assaulted the victim, Khethiwe Moyo (61) with open hands and a sjambok while on their way home from a local bar after a drinking binge,
“An argument arose between the couple after the victim refused to go home as she wanted to go back to the bar to continue drinking.4/5 In a related case.”
Also in Fort Rixon on the same day, police arrested Patrick Ngulube (52) in connection with a murder case involving his ex-wife.
” On 15/01/2022 at Zimbili B, Gadade Village, the suspect pounced at his ex-wife, Khauhelo Sibanda’s house and fatally struck her with an unknown sharp object on the head after an argument over an undisclosed issue,” police said.
In Gwanda police said they were appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of Orgen Moyo of Nkwidzi Village in connection with a murder case in which the victim, Morris Ncube (24), succumbed to the injuries inflicted on him by the suspect on January 7 at Nkwinzi Bus Centre.
Police said the suspect stabbed the victim with an okapi knife on the head after a misunderstanding over an undisclosed issue at a beer drinking binge.