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Sinokubonga Nkala [email protected]
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Chipinge received a 10-year sentence for attempted murder after a drunken dispute with his sister ended in a brutal machete attack that killed her 18-month-old child.
Kufakwevantu Chirigo (37) is still to face a murder charge for killing his sister’s baby.
In a drunken rage, he clashed violently with his sister.
Chirigo hurled insults and demanded she return to her husband, then unleashed a savage attack, brutally striking her hands repeatedly with a spanner.
Desperate to escape, she sprinted into a nearby hut and locked the door.
Chirigo followed her and smashed the window.
The sister ran to her other brother’s house which was close by, in a heart-pounding quest for safety.
In a horrific climax, he caught up to her and unleashed a fatal blow, slashing the 18-month-old baby strapped to her back with a machete, claiming the innocent life.
The victim bravely repelled the deadly machete blows, protecting her body from the attack, but suffered painful cuts on her wrists.
In a statement on X, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe said, “Kufakwevantu Chirigo (37) from Chipinge, was sentenced to 10 years in the Chipinge Magistrates’ Court for attempted murder. The offender who was intoxicated, had a domestic dispute with his sister. During the altercation, he called her names and insisted that she return to her marital home with her children. He assaulted her with a spanner numerous times on the hands. She ran and locked herself in one of the huts. The accused broke the window and tried to get into the hut.
“She unlocked the door and ran away to her brother’s house about 50m away. He caught up with her and struck her once on the neck. He struck the 18-month-old infant which was strapped to her back with a machete in the child’s death. He continued to strike her all over indiscriminately but she blocked the machete blows and sustained cuts on her wrists. He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the attempted murder. He is yet to be tried for the murder of the infant in the High Court.”
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