By Terrence Mawawa| A Masvingo pastor is still in shock following an incident in which a man committed suicide in the clergyman’s yard.

Pastor Philip of Mucheke Suburb in Masvingo said he was shocked to see Baison Mpofu’ s lifeless body hanging on a tree in his yard last week.

” I am still in a state of shock. l was stunned to hear people shouting early in the morning. I was shocked beyond belief when I saw the man’s lifeless body hanging on a mango tree in my yard.

l felt weak but l managed to alert officers at ZRP Chikato.

His girlfriend said that he once attempted to hang himself at her house,” said Pastor Mugabe.

According to unconfirmed reports the man had squandered the sum of $ 1500, which he had been given by his brother.