{"id":103845,"date":"2025-02-02T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T10:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kadoma-man-killed-for-stopping-madzibaba-from-sprinkling-holy-ashes"},"modified":"2025-02-11T00:23:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T22:23:39","slug":"kadoma-man-killed-for-stopping-madzibaba-from-sprinkling-holy-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kadoma-man-killed-for-stopping-madzibaba-from-sprinkling-holy-ashes","title":{"rendered":"Kadoma Man Killed For Stopping Madzibaba From Sprinkling &#8220;Holy Ashes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two members of an apostolic sect from Kadoma are in police custody for murder after allegedly killing a local man during an argument about \u201choly ashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the suspects, Misheck Muperiwa (22) and Costain Tshuma (28) attacked Shepherd Mphofu (48) when he tried to prevent them from sprinkling the ashes.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Friday, January 31, at a house in Mupamombe Phase 1, Kadoma. Police said:<\/p>\n<p>Police in Kadoma arrested Misheck Muperiwa (22) and Costain Tshuma (28) in connection with a murder case which occurred on 31\/01\/25 at a house in Mupamombe Phase 1.<\/p>\n<p>The two suspects, who are members of an apostolic sect, allegedly attacked Shepherd Mphofu (48) after he tried to stop them from sprinkling what they call holy ashes in the residential area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Two members of an apostolic sect from Kadoma are in police custody for murder after allegedly killing a local man during an argument about \u201choly ashes.\u201d According to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), the suspects, Misheck Muperiwa (22) and Costain Tshuma (28) attacked Shepherd Mphofu (48) when he tried to prevent them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":103844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[17795,3871,19],"class_list":["post-103845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-holy-ashes","tag-madzibaba","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kadoma Man Killed For Stopping Madzibaba From Sprinkling &quot;Holy Ashes&quot; - 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