Zim Now Writer
A man from Bulawayo’s Morningside suburb went berserk last Saturday and stabbed his wife 19 times using a kitchen knife, killing her instantly, before he crushed her head with a stone, while their 13-year-old daughter watched.
The gruesome murder occurred at their rented home and police have since launched a manhunt for the suspect.
Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the murder, saying they are appealing to anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts to contact any nearest police station.
“We are investigating a case of murder where Pascal Dube, 43, of Number 31 Greystoke Road in Morningside suburb allegedly killed his wife Acqualline Sadziwa, 35, on Saturday while they were home with his step-daughter,” he said.
“From our investigations, we established that the deceased had made her plans without involving the suspect and there was tension. When the suspect quizzed her, the deceased told him that she was no longer interested in the marriage and had decided to leave their matrimonial home.”
Insp Ncube said the man ordered the deceased to leave everything behind, including the cellphone, which he allegedly bought her.
“The deceased removed the simcard from the phone and gave it to the suspect who got infuriated. He pushed her out of the house before he stormed into the kitchen and took a knife, which he used to stab the woman 19 times and she died,” he said.
The suspect then took a boulder and crushed her skull. The step-daughter screamed for help and alerted neighbours who reported the matter to the police.
A fellow tenant said: “I just heard people quarrelling and minutes later, the deceased’s daughter came running and she was screaming. She told me that her stepfather had stabbed her mother and since I am heavily pregnant, I was scared to also go out and intervene.
“I took my son and the deceased’s daughter and locked them inside my room before I phoned the police. Minutes later, the quarrelling stopped and I contacted the suspect’s uncle. When he came, he found the woman already dead and the suspect was nowhere to be seen,” she said.
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