Police in Buhera say they are receiving at least five reports of rape involving minors as young as six months old in suspected cases of rituals and religious practices.

It is a life of untold anxiety for most mothers in Buhera as they live with tales of their girl children, some as young as six months old, being raped mostly by their own fathers, brothers, grandfathers and uncles.

Now, where their little bundles of joy are concerned, they no longer trust anyone anymore, not even their husbands, with some of them having become monsters that devour their own, all in the name of the church or money.

With a worrisome five reported cases per month, police indicated that the current statistics actually show a decline and they attribute this to their engagement of communities to stop the practice.

Some identified churches are said to be perpetrating the practice, while other men are said to hold the belief that raping a minor provides a boon to their businesses.

As if raping children were not enough, marriage of minors is so common that it is not spoken about in hushed tones. Perhaps it is high time the law comes hard on perpetrators of the twin evils of rape and child marriages.

-State Media