Police in Midlands Province have arrested a 24-year-old man at a shrine while seeking ritual cleansing after he allegedly m_rdered another man in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo while fighting for a pr0stitute.
Alfred Ngwenya was arrested on Friday, 17 November in connection with the m_rder of Azaria Dube (26) who was found d3ad with st@b wounds on the back, thigh and chest on on Thursday near a night club at Emasimini Complex, Cowdray Park.
Police said Dube was last seen being attacked by suspected artisanal miners following a dispute over a lady of the night.
In an update posted on the ZRP X page Saturday, Police said they recovered the m_rder weapon, an AK47 CCCP flick knife, from the suspect. Police said:
Reference is made to the Cowdray Park m_rder case as reported on the ZRP X account posted on 16/11/23. The ZRP reports that Alfred Ngwenya (24) was arrested on 17/11/23 at around 0100 hours at a shrine in Silobela where he was allegedly seeking cleansing after having committed the offence. The suspect’s arrest led to the recovery of the m_rder weapon, an AK47 CCCP flick knife.
In an unrelated development, on Thursday, police arrested Bwanali Bwanado (50) who had been in hiding after he allegedly k!lled his wife, Chioneso Ephraim (41).
Bwanado found his wife in their bedroom with her boyfriend on Tuesday, 07 November.In a fit of rage, Bwanado st@bbed his wife to d3ath with an okapi knife before fleeing the scene.
He was arrested at Plot 10, Msengi Farm, Chinhoyi after a raid by detectives.
Source PindulaNews
