In a very disturbing development, a Chivhu woman is reported to have ‘beheaded’ her four children, following a heated marital dispute with her husband.
The shocking incident was confirmed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) who said that Emelda Marazani, 29, went into a murderous rage following a marital dispute with her husband Lameck Brande.
According to sources from Chivhu’s High View suburb, the marital spat was caused by allegations of infidelity.
Following investigations into the circumstances leading up to the murder, the police released another statement a few hours later detailing what happened.
“When the husband left for work in the morning, the suspect locked the children aged nine, five, three and one in the house. She took a rope and tied the two elder children before slitting open their throats with a knife. The suspect went on to kill the other two children with the knife before setting the house on fire.”
After committing the shocking acts, Marazani drank poison which she acquired earlier that day, before handing herself over to the local police.
When she was quizzed about the smoke coming out of her house by the neighbours, she is reported to have said that everything was in order.
