Man attempts to kill wife, self over infidelity

CHEGUTU – ISSUES of infidelity continue to hog the limelight with the recent case of an irate artisanal
miner, who bashed his wife, locked her up in their rented accommodation and switched on a gas tank
intending to ignite it.
But when one’s time to meet one’s maker is not yet up, it is possible to defy the odds. The husband was
unable to find any matches with which he intended to set off a gas explosion in which both of them
would have perished in the intensity of the inferno.
The miner continued to bash his wife asking for the matches. The woman screamed loudly alerting the
house owner, Admire Dimingo.
“Ndati ndipe machisi ndikwenyere gasi riputike tose tifire muno nekuti wandibaya panyama nhete.
Ndikutokuuraya chete ndopika namai vangu vari pachuru,”ranted and raged the artisanal miner.
The house owner worked hard to break down the door to prevent the tragedy. He quickly removed the
gas tank from the room.
The house owner then called the police to report an attempted murder case at his house.
Police responded quickly and arrested the artisanal miner. He was warned, cautioned on the spot and
advised to solve his family disputes amicably.
“Even if you are cautioned by police I no longer want to stay with you here, better pack your belongings
and vacate. Go find somewhere to rent not here. Uchapedzisira watipisira mumba iwe,”declared
Dimingo.
Dimingo has since posted a message on the residents’ WhatsApp group warning members to be very
careful when offering accommodation at their houses to prospective tenants.
One house owner, Amai Chido, said it is difficult to judge and screen house seekers as many of them
pretended to be good only to see their true colours after a while.
Gas explosions have killed a number of people and maimed several others. Last year a maid bravely
saved a toddler from fire when she extinguished a lit gas tank using a wet blanket.