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| The two murder-accused men |
…as two men kill six-year-old girl, cut off private parts
Cephas Shava
MWENEZI – In probably
one of the most gruesome murder akin to the Murehwa boy’s callous murder, two Mwenezi
men connived and allegedly murdered a six-year-old girl and burnt her body after
removing her genitals
The two accused, Taruziva
Sithole (37) and Shackmore Dube (26), who both reside at Chomutamba Village 3
under Chief Mazetese in Mwenezi West, were arrested yesterday, December 30, after allegedly committing the offence the previous day.
The two were not asked
to plead when they appeared before Mwenezi Magistrate Honest Musiiwa today,
December 31.
Musiiwa remanded them in custody for the murder of the minor who is daughter to Sithole’s younger brother.
It is alleged that on December
29, the two accused persons connived to kill Irene Sithole who lived at the
same homestead with Sithole. On the same day at around 20:00, Sithole began to
assault Irene using a log and she collapsed and died as a result of the
assault.
Upon realising that the
girl had died, Sithole took a Shangani bag and placed the deceased’s body inside
and went to meet Dube who was reportedly waiting for him outside the homestead.
In the dead of the
night, the two carried the body to the bush where Dube reportedly used a knife
to cut the girls’ vaginal lips which he allegedly intended to sell to South
Africa.
In an attempt to
conceal the evidence, the two accused allegedly burnt the girls’ body using some
firewood.
The matter came to
light after Sithole’s wife, who had seen her husband beating the deceased, alerted other villagers who later on informed the police. Mwenezi police
attended the murder scene where they recovered the minor’s burnt skull, teeth
and ribs.
The girls’ private parts was not yet recovered by the time of writing.
Sources said the two
decided to kill the girl after Dube, who often travels to South Africa, promised
that upon delivering the private parts to his boss who is outside the country,
they would be rewarded with a car and a lot of money.
Lyton Katsidzira appeared for the State.
