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Rejoyce Sibanda, Chronicle Reporter
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Hope Fountain in Umguza District is battling for his life at a hospital in Bulawayo after he was axed by another villager he had reprimanded for shaving a neighbour using broken glass.
The incident happened last Saturday at around 11am at Siphilanzima Business Centre in Hope Fountain.
The misunderstanding arose when the victim, who was not identified, spotted the suspect, only identified as Vusa, shaving his neighbour using a piece of glass from a broken bottle.
Deputy provincial police spokesperson for Bulawayo, Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele said when the complainant tried to stop Vusa, the suspect was incensed.
“The suspect indiscriminately punched the victim before he took out a small axe from his trousers and struck the complainant once on the forehead just above the right eye. The suspect also struck him using the back of an axe on the body several times,” she said.
The victim sustained a deep cut and bruises and was taken to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) for treatment.
Asst Insp Msebele said Vusa fled from the scene soon after committing the offence.
In an unrelated incident, a 40-year-old man from Emganwini suburb was stabbed with a knife by a gang of three men following an argument over right of way.
The incident occurred on the same day at around 9pm.
The victim was driving his car, a Honda Fit, when he met of the suspects who were in another Honda Fit and heading towards the opposite direction.
Asst Insp Msebele said a misunderstanding arose when the suspect hooted as a signal for the victim to give him way.
The complainant defied the suspect and a dispute ensued resulting in a fight.
“When the three suspects noticed that the victim was overpowering them, one of them produced a knife, stabbed the complainant once on the left side of the neck and they fled from the scene,” said Asst Insp Msebele.
She said the complainant sustained a deep cut and bled profusely.
A passer-by reported the matter to police and the victim was ferried to UBH.
The suspects are still at large and police have since launched a manhunt.
“As police, we continue to urge members of the public to desist from any form of violence. We are also appealing to members of the public with information that may lead to the arrest of the three suspects to contact any nearest police station,” said Asst Insp Msebele. – @ReeSibanda
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