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Teen commits suicide over $10
06 Mar 2015 at 15:40hrs | Views
A Nyanga teenager committing suicide last Friday after he landlord asked him settle $10 rent arrears.
Munyaradzi Madziva, who was doing Form Four at Mapako Government School and was a tenant at Nyamutsambira Shop at Mapako Business Centre allegedly became furious and threatened to stab him with a knife.
According to The Weekender, fearing for his life, the landlord ran away and went to make a report at Ruchera Police Base.
It is alleged that when Munyaradzi learnt about the landlord's decision to make it a police report he fled to his parents' house in Nyamhuka 1.
His mother, Zvikomborero Timburwa, said upon arrival, her son told her that he wanted to commit suicide after explaining what had happened the previous day.
"He would run away each time I tried to counsel him not to commit suicide. He told everyone he met that Friday morning that he wanted to take his life, but nobody took him seriously. I was later called from the market by a neighbour who had become suspicious after discovering that Munyaradzi had spent a long time 'sleeping' in the garden."
Munyaradzi Madziva, who was doing Form Four at Mapako Government School and was a tenant at Nyamutsambira Shop at Mapako Business Centre allegedly became furious and threatened to stab him with a knife.
According to The Weekender, fearing for his life, the landlord ran away and went to make a report at Ruchera Police Base.
His mother, Zvikomborero Timburwa, said upon arrival, her son told her that he wanted to commit suicide after explaining what had happened the previous day.
"He would run away each time I tried to counsel him not to commit suicide. He told everyone he met that Friday morning that he wanted to take his life, but nobody took him seriously. I was later called from the market by a neighbour who had become suspicious after discovering that Munyaradzi had spent a long time 'sleeping' in the garden."
Source - Weekender
