Terrence Mawawa| In an incident that has left the Bikita community stunned, a local villager ran amok and killed his mother-in-law and brother in-law after  bashing his wife over witchcraft allegations.

According to Chronicle, Isau Komichi (44) of Tanyanyiwa Village under Chief Mazungunye attacked his
mother-in-law Ms Sonika Mupura (69) and brother in-law Mr Farirepi Muchazvirega (43) with bricks and logs and they died on the spot.

The tragic incident happened last Friday.According to the police the bodies of the deceased were taken to Silveira Mission Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.

“I can confirm receiving a report of murder involving a son in-law who allegedly killed his two in-laws in Bikita. The suspect has been arrested and will appear in court soon facing murder charges,” police told Chronicle Newspaper.

“On Thursday at around 9PM,
Komichi and his wife, Ms Susan
Muchazvirega, retired to bed in their
bedroom hut together with the couple’s six-year-old son.

While sleeping, Komichi allegedly woke up and started accusing his wife of bewitching him.

Komichi started assaulting his wife while threatening to kill her.
She said their six-year-old son walked for about 100 metres in the dark to report the assault to his grandmother, Ms Mupura.
The grandmother and her 12-year-old grand daughter then rushed to the couple’s homestead and found Komichi still assaulting his wife.

He then attacked the elderly woman and his son as they attempted to restrain him from further assaulting his wife.