{"id":104918,"date":"2025-02-20T21:53:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T19:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/hurungwe-man-murders-wife-niece-and-village-head"},"modified":"2025-02-21T00:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:55:33","slug":"hurungwe-man-murders-wife-niece-and-village-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/hurungwe-man-murders-wife-niece-and-village-head","title":{"rendered":"Hurungwe Man Murders Wife, Niece And Village Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Police have arrested a 37-year-old man from Hurungwe in connection with the murder of three people.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Trymore Tore of Mubairecheni Village, is accused of murdering his wife, niece, and the village head.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the murders occurred on February 15 and 16, with the bodies discovered on February 17.<\/p>\n<p>The first victim, 21-year-old Moline Chibayanzara, Tore\u2019s wife, was found dead in a pit latrine, with multiple head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The second victim was Tore\u2019s 17-year-old niece, and the third victim, Kuwesu Musawu, aged 53, was the village head. Said Commissioner Nyathi:<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms the arrest of Trymore Tore (37) in connection with three cases of murder in which three victims were found dead on 17th February 2025 at Mubairecheni Village, Chundu, Hurungwe.<\/p>\n<p>The first victim who is the suspect\u2019s wife, Moline Chibayanzara (21), was found dead in a pit latrine with multiple injuries on the head. The body was wrapped in a blue blanket.<\/p>\n<p>The second victim, a 17-year-old female juvenile, who is the suspect\u2019s niece was discovered about 60 metres from the suspect\u2019s homestead with a swollen head and a cut on the forehead. The body was covered with tree branches and a knife was recovered beside the body.<\/p>\n<p>The third victim, Kuwesu Musawu (53), who was the village head, was discovered buried in a shallow grave behind the suspect\u2019s house with a decapitated head and a deep cut on the neck.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations by the Police suggest that the suspect and his wife were having consistent domestic disputes, which may have led to the murders.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect and his wife were allegedly heard by villagers quarrelling at their homestead on 15th February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The third suspect was last seen going to the suspect\u2019s homestead to mediate on a dispute between the couple, while the second suspect was also last seen going to the suspect\u2019s homestead to watch movies on 16th February 2025.<\/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. Police have arrested a 37-year-old man from Hurungwe in connection with the murder of three people. The suspect, Trymore Tore of Mubairecheni Village, is accused of murdering his wife, niece, and the village head. According to Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the murders occurred on February 15 and 16, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":104917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[2990,1784,17968,19],"class_list":["post-104918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-hurungwe","tag-murder","tag-spousal-murder","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>Hurungwe Man Murders Wife, Niece And Village Head - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police have arrested a 37-year-old man from Hurungwe in connection with the murder of three people. 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