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Soldiers arrested for brutal murder
14 Nov 2016 at 17:18hrs | Views
Three soldiers based at 1 Infantry Brigade in Bulawayo allegedly fatally assaulted an Insiza man after squeezing his testicles over a bicycle.
The gruesome incident happened on Saturday.
The trio Fighter Mwembe (30), Bright Nyoni (28) and Ntandoyenkosi Sibanda (26) have since been arrested.
Their alleged victim is Josiah Sithole.
According to reports, before the incident the soldiers were doing maintenance work at Mapolisa Brigade in Fort Rixon.
However, when returning from a beer drink at Masudu Business Centre they spotted their colleague Emmanuel Mkhize laying drunk along the dust road.
He was next to Sithole's bicycle.
"When they failed to wake up Mkhize, the trio decided to take the bicycle with them for safekeeping.
"The owner of the bicycle arrived and demanded his bicycle.
"The soldiers refused to give him the bicycle claiming that it belonged to their colleague. A misunderstanding led to the deadly attack"
The gruesome incident happened on Saturday.
The trio Fighter Mwembe (30), Bright Nyoni (28) and Ntandoyenkosi Sibanda (26) have since been arrested.
Their alleged victim is Josiah Sithole.
According to reports, before the incident the soldiers were doing maintenance work at Mapolisa Brigade in Fort Rixon.
He was next to Sithole's bicycle.
"When they failed to wake up Mkhize, the trio decided to take the bicycle with them for safekeeping.
"The owner of the bicycle arrived and demanded his bicycle.
"The soldiers refused to give him the bicycle claiming that it belonged to their colleague. A misunderstanding led to the deadly attack"
Source - Byo24News
