Residents in Total Shock as Man Beheads His Own Sister to Sell Her to Ritualists (Photo)

A young man who allegedly beheaded his sister
with the intention to sell her head to a local
businessman for $4000 has been apprehended
security operatives.
The suspect
A 22-year-old man identified as Samuel
Mashonga has been arrested by security
operatives and is currently in police custody at
the Magunje area of Zimbabwe on Thursday, for
allegedly beheading his sister with the intention to
sell her head to a local businessman for $4 000.
According to The Standard, the suspect was left at
the family homestead with his sister while other
family members were away for an all-night prayer
vigil. The deceased, Dadirai Mashonga was the
first born in the family while her suspected
murderer is the last born.
Villagers who confirmed the incident said the
suspect had been promised $4 000 for the head
by a Zvipani businessman (name withheld) who
wanted to use it for ritual purposes to boost his
business. The suspect is said to have later
confessed to the murder, saying he had planned
to buy a car with the money.
A villager, Ndangariro Mashonga said the mother
of the murderer came back from church in the
early hours of Friday to find her daughter’s body
lying in a pool of blood without a head.
“She called on neighbours who launched a
manhunt for the murderer. The suspect who is
said to have already delivered the head to the
businessman soon after killing his sister began
acting strangely, shouting that people were
accusing him of killing his sister. That was
besides the fact that nobody had said that at all,”
said Donald Kapara a villager from the nearby
Murimbika village who was part of the search
team.
Blood stains on his trousers sold him out when
he had gone to the businessman’s shop allegedly
to collect his payment. A report was then made to
the police leading to his arrest.
“He could not account for the blood stains on his
trousers when people asked him where he had
got the blood. He just continued shouting that he
was being accused of killing his sister. On being
further quizzed he confessed to the murder and
the plans to buy a vehicle with the proceeds from
the sale of his sister’s head,” Kapara said.
Police in Magunje yesterday said they had no
authority to talk to the press. “Please get in touch
with Mashonaland West provincial spokesperson
Inspector Clemency Mabgweazara or the national
police spokesperson Charity Charamba", the
officer who answered our call said.