The late Jasper Nyamande
Elliot Jinjika
CHIVHU – In a stranger than fiction
case, a 29-year-old man recently left the small town shocked and baffled after
he killed himself by cutting his throat using a knife at a butchery at Old
Location shopping centre where he worked.
case, a 29-year-old man recently left the small town shocked and baffled after
he killed himself by cutting his throat using a knife at a butchery at Old
Location shopping centre where he worked.
Sources
who spoke to TellZim News said Jasper Nyamande had spent the day asking his
co-worker Persuade Kasekudzwa and other people around to cut him to death but
they took it lightly as a joke.
who spoke to TellZim News said Jasper Nyamande had spent the day asking his
co-worker Persuade Kasekudzwa and other people around to cut him to death but
they took it lightly as a joke.
They
later on went into the butchery after being suspicious of events only to find
Nyamande on the ground and in a pool of blood, with a knife on his side.
later on went into the butchery after being suspicious of events only to find
Nyamande on the ground and in a pool of blood, with a knife on his side.
“He
persisted that he needed someone to cut him on the throat but we all thought
that he was joking but we were later on shocked to realise that something was strange
had happened in the butchery. We saw him lying in a pool of blood and he had
already killed himself,” said the source.
persisted that he needed someone to cut him on the throat but we all thought
that he was joking but we were later on shocked to realise that something was strange
had happened in the butchery. We saw him lying in a pool of blood and he had
already killed himself,” said the source.
Efforts
to get a comment from Kasekudzwa – the co-worker – did not succeed as he could
not be reached on the phone.
to get a comment from Kasekudzwa – the co-worker – did not succeed as he could
not be reached on the phone.
The
butchery had also closed early in response to the grisly act of alleged
suicide.
butchery had also closed early in response to the grisly act of alleged
suicide.
Mashonaland
East provincial police spokesperson Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident but
could not shed more light on the details.
East provincial police spokesperson Tendai Mwanza confirmed the incident but
could not shed more light on the details.
He
however said there was always a solution to life challenges and urged people to
never contemplate suicide even in the most difficult of circumstances.
however said there was always a solution to life challenges and urged people to
never contemplate suicide even in the most difficult of circumstances.
