Online Reporter
Tendai Vambe
Post Reporter
A SAKUBVA man is lucky to be alive after he was allegedly stabbed in the stomach by a relative following a dispute over food last week.
Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka, confirmed the incident, which occurred in Sakubva, Mutare.
He said Nyasha Bvongwe (32) was attacked by his relative, Simba Bvongwe (29), after a misunderstanding erupted over food that had been brought into the house.
Assistant Inspector Chinyoka said the incident occurred while Nyasha was outside smoking a cigarette and Simba was repairing a bed using a kitchen knife.
“Nyasha was outside the house smoking a cigarette while the accused person was fixing a base bed with a kitchen knife. A misunderstanding arose after Nyasha took food that was in the house and did not give some of it to Simba,” said Assistant Inspector Chinyoka.
He said tensions escalated when Simba allegedly became upset over the issue and turned the knife on his relative.
“Simba got emotional and stabbed Nyasha once in the stomach. Nyasha sustained an injury and was rushed to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital for treatment. He is in a stable condition,” he said.
Officers from ZRP Sakubva attended the scene shortly after the incident, but the suspect had already fled.
Assistant Inspector Chinyoka said Simba remains at large and police have launched a manhunt to track him down.
Investigations into the circumstances surrounding the stabbing are ongoing.
