Zim Now Writer
A woman from Farm 313, Chitomborwizi in Zvimba died after consuming a piece of chicken from a bird that had died after eating rat poison.
Nyasha Muzanenhamo, 24, put maize fumigation pills intending to kill rats on July 3.
Mashonaland West provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the incident.
“On July 3, 2023 at around 8pm, the now deceased put maize fumigation pills in a kitchen hut intending to kill rats.
“The next day around 3pm, the woman left the kitchen door open and two chickens strayed into the room and fed on the poisonous pills resulting in their death,” said Chitove.
On same date around 6pm, Muzanenhamo roasted the chickens before ripping a piece and consumed it.
“At around 8pm she started complaining of stomach pains and informed her father-in-law who ferried her to Gamanya Clinic at Chitomborwizi but she unfortunately died on her way to the facility,” said Chitove.
Police reiterate it is not advisable to consume meat of animals that would have died mysteriously as this could be hazardous, or worse still, deadly.
Also, communities were urged not to slaughter sickly animals for relish as these also posed a health hazard.
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