Farai Dziva| Villagers in Chief Charumbira’s area in Masvingo have expressed shock at a murder incident in which a teenager fatally struck his sister with a hoe handle.

The teenager brutally killed his sister for allegedly refusing to prepare food for him.

According to Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson Chief Inspector Charity Mazula, Valentine Chimedza (18) brutally killed his sister Rutendo Matanga (16) following a heated dispute over food. The incident happened in Ziware Village under Chief Charumbira in Masvingo last Saturday.

” The incident happened last Saturday when the two siblings’ mother Zadziso Mavenyengwa had gone to Chiredzi to visit relatives.

Valentine ordered Rutendo to give him something to eat and the latter indicated that she had not prepared anything.

This then incensed Valentine and the two began to exchange blows. Valentine took a hoe handle and struck Rutendo on the head and all over her body.

Rutendo died as a result of the attack.Valentine has since been arrested, ” said Mazula.