Cephas Shava
Mwenezi – A Mwenezi teacher and her son are lucky to be alive after an unidentified masked man intruded into Prisca Binikwa’s home and axed her on the neck and struck her minor child on the head before vanishing into thin air.
The incident happened at Rutenga growth point’s residential area in Mwenezi East in the early morning of Sunday (June 25) and the culprit left behind the axe which he used in committing the offence.
Binikwa who is a teacher at Mwenezi Primary School had visited her mother in Rutenga for the weekend when the axe-wielding man who was clearly on a murder mission forcefully entered the house and committed the heinous crime.
Police have since launched a man hunt for the culprit who is yet to be arrested and sources allege that the suspect is known police officer who once worked in the district but is now stationed at West Nicholson who is reportedly sired a child with the victim and is on a revenge mission following a fall out with Binikwa.
When TellZim News visited the crime scene police investigations were still ongoing and the minor who was left with a deep cut on the head was rushed to Neshuro District hospital and was later transferred to Harare where he is receiving treatment.
Other sources allege that the incident is a third attempt on Binikwa’s life in an almost similar way within this year.
Meanwhile, Mwenezi police have reportedly launched a manhunt for the suspect who is believed to be a police officer who sired a child with Binikwa before their fall out sometime last year
