Battered and left for dead

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing to members of the public to desist from
using force when in disputes, rather it has suggested seeking counselling and mediation
services from police and various community leaders.

Assistant Inspector Tonny Nyandoro, the acting provincial police spokesperson, made
the recommendation recently after a 68-year-old Feresi Dimingo of Chansota Village
under Chief Chapoto, in Mbire District was recently attacked by Panashe Chimbiti,
whose age is not known, resulting in her sustaining serious injuries that she later
succumbed to. The reason for the attack is yet to be established.

Narrating circumstances that led Domingo’s demise, Assistant Inspector Nyandoro said:
“On November 5, David Chimbiti (90) of the same village heard Dimingo screaming for
help around dusk and he rushed to her place.

“On arrival he saw Panashe coming out of Dimingo’s kitchen hut, in which upon entering
he found Dimingo lying motionlessly on the floor with blood coming out of her mouth
and eyes.

“Beside her, were a generator exhaust pipe and some stones.”

The elderly Chimbiti quickly relayed the information about the incident to his councillor,
with whom they then went to Chapoto police base and made a report about the murder.

On attending to the scene, police saw the exhaust pipe and stones and traced the
criminal and arrested him.

They also took Dimingo to Chapoto clinic for medication, but her condition worsened
and she was transferred to Katondwe Hospital in neighbouring Zambia, where she
succumbed to the injuries.

Other police sources from Chapoto Village, who spoke to this publication, suspect that
Panashe Chimbiti wanted to rape the granny.