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Boy, 14, kills maid, 41, over memory card
05 Jan 2016 at 16:21hrs | Views
A juvenile from Gweru's Mkoba 20 has allegedly murdered a 41-year-old housemaid in a quarrel over a memory card.
The 14-year-old boy, who has since been arrested by police, is alleged to have struck the deceased woman identified as Nyarai Kadonzva with a hoe before attempting to commit suicide by drinking a cleaning detergent.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening and the juvenile allegedly spent two days with the body in the house without alerting anyone.
He later attempted suicide by drinking a detergent but survived and is currently admitted at Gweru Provincial Hospital, where he is recuperating.
He spoke to the ZBC News on his hospital bed and explained that he struck Kadonzva on the head with a hoe several times after she had accused him of stealing a memory card and a tools box.
He then dragged the body of the deceased from the lounge to the toilet where he removed her blood stained clothes and placed them in a plastic bag and left the deceased lying in a blood.
Neighbours say on Sunday evening, at around 11, they heard a sharp scream which quickly subsided.
The following day when they attempted to investigate what might had happened, the boy refused to open the doors.
The boy was staying with the maid as his parents are in Mozambique where they are working.
The murder comes just after a 19-year-old man brutally murdered his mother last month in Gweru's Lundi Park accusing her of refusing to give him money and a car.
The 14-year-old boy, who has since been arrested by police, is alleged to have struck the deceased woman identified as Nyarai Kadonzva with a hoe before attempting to commit suicide by drinking a cleaning detergent.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening and the juvenile allegedly spent two days with the body in the house without alerting anyone.
He later attempted suicide by drinking a detergent but survived and is currently admitted at Gweru Provincial Hospital, where he is recuperating.
He spoke to the ZBC News on his hospital bed and explained that he struck Kadonzva on the head with a hoe several times after she had accused him of stealing a memory card and a tools box.
Neighbours say on Sunday evening, at around 11, they heard a sharp scream which quickly subsided.
The following day when they attempted to investigate what might had happened, the boy refused to open the doors.
The boy was staying with the maid as his parents are in Mozambique where they are working.
The murder comes just after a 19-year-old man brutally murdered his mother last month in Gweru's Lundi Park accusing her of refusing to give him money and a car.
Source - zbc
