Terrence Mawawa, Zaka

A local man ran amok last week and brutally axed a fellow villager to death, in a gruesome murder incident that has stunned the community.

According to Acting Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa, the villager Petros Mwidza broke into Marufu Nhira’ s house and struck him with an axe several times.He accused Nhira of having an intimate relationship with his wife.

The incident happened on Wednesday last week.

“Petros Mwidza broke into Marufu Nhira’ s house and struck him with the axe he was branding.

Nhira was sleeping with his wife in the house when Mwidza violently broke open the door at the house,” Dehwa said.

Mwidza has since been arrested and is expect to appear in court soon.