Jealous man up for attempted murder

POLICE in Mukumbura, Mashonaland Central arrested a jealous man who pelted his ex-wife with bricks and struck her boyfriend with a log after he caught the pair panties down in a granary on Tuesday.


Kufa Kukunzangoma (60) of is assisting police with investigations after he was arrested of attempted murder charges.

Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson said the suspect caught his ex-wife Ketai Kapiririi (40) being intimate with Tapera Chavhundura (34) and heavily assaulted them with a log and bricks.

"I can confirm an attempted in Mukumbura where Kukunzangoma struck his wife twice with bricks after assaulting Chavhundura once with a log on the head there by leaving the two battling for life at a local hospital, Dhliwayo said.

Allegations are that the suspect went to his wife's homestead around 10 pm on Tuesday looking for his wife and he saw his daughter who told him that her mother was not around.

He started looking for her around the yard and caught her being intimate with Chavhundura in a granary.

In a fit of rage Kukunzangoma picked a log and struck Chavhundura once on the head and he became unconscious, his ex-wife tried to flee and was struck with a brick once on her back and once on the head and she fell down.

Neighbors managed to effect citizen arrest on the suspect and handed him over to the police before rushing the pair to the hospital.

The police warned people to stay in harmony and shun violence.