15-year-old boy fatally stabs rival over lover

Zim Now Writer

A 15-year-old Mwenezi boy stabbed and killed a rival, also 15, over a girlfriend.

Police said on Wednesday that they were investigating a case of murder involving the unnamed juvenile.

“Police in Mwenezi are investigating a case of murder in which a male juvenile, 15, stabbed another juvenile, 15, with a kitchen knife on the shoulder and head after an argument over the suspect’s girlfriend on 18 July 2023 near Masongwe Secondary School.

“The victim died on the spot,” police said.

Cases of teenagers murdering others are spiking in the country as young people turn to violence to settle arguments.

In November last year, a 16-year-old Harare girl was arrested for stabbing and killing a 35-year-old man with a knife following a quarrel at a shebeen in Harare’s Hatcliffe suburb.

The victim, Amos Mhere, died on the spot after being stabbed on the chest with a kitchen knife.

A year earlier, another 15-year-old schoolgirl died after she was stabbed by a 16-year-old rival, during an ill-fated fight over a boyfriend in Nkayi District’s Ngwaladi area of Matabeleland North Province.

“The suspect stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife which she was given by her 14-year-old cousin,” police said at the time.

Just recently, 19-year-old Mthokozisi Sibanda of Fort Rixon was stabbed to death allegedly by a 17-year-old juvenile who was reportedly incensed by the deceased’s attempts to stop a brawl he was having with another youth over a 15-year-old lover.