A 25-year-old Gokwe man believed to be mentally-challenged allegedly cut the throat of a one-year-old child in a suspected murder case.
Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the incident which occurred on Sunday in Gokwe at around 11am.
“Thandiwe Bheura, a female aged 41 of Village Magazo under Chief Sai in Gokwe, was preparing food in the kitchen in the company of her grandson, Brilliant Mhike, aged one and half years.
“The suspect, Rutendo Shayanewako, who is Thandiwe’s brother-in-law, entered the kitchen and Thandiwe served him food before she proceeded to serve other family members outside the kitchen,” he said.
Inspector Mahoko said when Bheura returned, she found Shayanewako stabbing Brilliant with a kitchen knife on the throat. He said she tried to stop him, but Shayanewako had already inflicted a deep cut on the child’s throat which led to the toddler bleeding profusely.
Inspector Mahoko said the child died before he could be taken to hospital. He urged people with mentally ill relatives to keep them under medication and regularly take them to mental institutions for review. (News Chart Media)
