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Nun flees axe-wielding villagers
21 Sep 2015 at 07:51hrs | Views
A NUN heading St Anthony's Mission High School in Zaka has allegedly fled after axe-wielding villagers thronged the school accusing her of poisoning a rubbish dump and thus killing stray livestock.
The villagers temporarily closed the school as they sought Sister Immaculate Tinago. They accused her of killing 50 animals among them cattle, goats and pigs by poisoning the school dumpsite. It is alleged that authorities at St Anthony's Mission High were peeved by the stray animals which frequented the school in search of food.
Angry villagers allegedly ganged up and descended on Sr Tinago after word spread that their livestock succumbed to poisoning. This was after workers allegedly acted on instructions from Sr Tinago and poisoned the school dumpsite.
The nun's whereabouts are still not known.
She is not reachable on her mobile phone.
Masvingo provincial education director Zedious Chitiga said: "All I can say at the moment is that there are problems at the school (St Anthony's) but I'm not sure whether the headmistress is there or not. We're still in the process of gathering full details about the issue. We're currently seized with the issue,'' he said. "The good thing is that lessons are going on at the school and there haven't been disruptions to learning activities."
Police in Masvingo professed ignorance over the matter.
St Anthony's High is a boarding school with over 800 pupils.
The villagers temporarily closed the school as they sought Sister Immaculate Tinago. They accused her of killing 50 animals among them cattle, goats and pigs by poisoning the school dumpsite. It is alleged that authorities at St Anthony's Mission High were peeved by the stray animals which frequented the school in search of food.
Angry villagers allegedly ganged up and descended on Sr Tinago after word spread that their livestock succumbed to poisoning. This was after workers allegedly acted on instructions from Sr Tinago and poisoned the school dumpsite.
The nun's whereabouts are still not known.
She is not reachable on her mobile phone.
Masvingo provincial education director Zedious Chitiga said: "All I can say at the moment is that there are problems at the school (St Anthony's) but I'm not sure whether the headmistress is there or not. We're still in the process of gathering full details about the issue. We're currently seized with the issue,'' he said. "The good thing is that lessons are going on at the school and there haven't been disruptions to learning activities."
Police in Masvingo professed ignorance over the matter.
St Anthony's High is a boarding school with over 800 pupils.
Source - chronicle
