Farai Dziva|The teenager who brutally killed his sister last week has begun to behave in a strange manner prompting his relatives to assume he is being tormented by the restless spirit of the deceased.

The teenager told the police he did not have the intention to kill his sister but he overreacted because of extreme provocation.

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,” police said on Friday.