Perpetua Murungweni
A mentally challenged Mwenezi man from Neshuro village, under Chief Neshuro in Mwenezi is on the run after he killed his mom over a simple misunderstanding involving a cellphone and R60.
The incident happened on June 28, 2023 after the deceased Taurai Musungwini asked him about her missing Hisense cellphone and R60.
Masvingo Provincial Deputy Police Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Lorine Ndlovu Chanakira confirmed the incident and urged people to value the sanctity of life and appealed to members of the public with information that may help in apprehending the suspect to visit the nearest police station.
“We received a case from Mwenezi where the suspect who is still on the run struck his mother with a stone after she asked him about her phone and some money that was missing,”
“We urge members of the public to value the sanctity of life and involve a third party when solving disputes. We also urge persons with mentally challenged relatives to make sure that they always take their medication,”
We appealing to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect to approach any nearest police station,” said Chanakira
Sources said in the morning of June 28, 2023 Andrew Mazariri, (29) who is mentally challenged came home from Sarahuru shopping center where he had spent the night drinking. The now deceased asked him about her Hisense phone and some money that was missing.
Andrew did not answer his mother but instead took a stone and struck her mother on the back of the head and she fell and died on the spot.
The incident happened in the eyes of 19 year old Susan Mazariri who is the deceased’s daughter who shouted for help from Bernard Musingwini (41), of the same village.
Andrew fled and disappeared into a nearby mountain, Bernard reported the matter to Sarauro police base and the police attended the scene and took the deceased’s body Neshuro district hospital.
