Terrence Mawawa Shurugwi |A 17 year old Shurugwi teenager left the local community stunned after brutally killing his friend in a misunderstanding over a cap, he had loaned him.
The teenager struck and killed his friend with an axe following a heated argument over the cap. According to a report released by Shurugwi police,the teenager whose name was given as Hamisi gave his friend Anesu Matangamberi a cap but he took long to return it. It is understood Hamisi demanded his cap for a long time becoming frustrated by Matangamberi’s delay in returning the cap.
When Hamisi met Matangamberi last Friday,he demanded his cap again but the latter said he would return it.Angered by Matangamberi’s response,Hamisi took an axe and struck his friend several times. Matangamberi died instantly after the attack and Hamisi was later arrested.
He was remanded in custody to July 15 2016. A relative of the deceased Matangamberi said the entire family could not believe what transpired adding they were now waiting for justice to prevail. “There is nothing much I can say at the moment but we were shocked by the incident.The boys were very close to each other so we do not know what really angered Hamisi.The issue was very simple and nobody expected that to happen,”said the late Matangamberi’s relative.