Harare, Zimbabwe (News of the South) – A Zimbabwean man has been arrested for chopping off his sister’s head and selling it to a local businessman.
The 20 year-old Isaac Mashonga from Zvipani in the northern part of Zimbabwe beheaded his 40-year-old sister Dadirai on Friday morning, after a local businessman offered him $4 000 for a human head.
According to Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi the unnamed businessman needed the head “to boost his business”.
“Mashonga then chopped off his sister’s head after killing her with an axe at around 02:00 on Friday,” he said.
Mashonga delivered the head to the businessman but was arrested “after he was spotted in a blood-drenched shirt”.
Human body parts
It wasn’t immediately clear if the businessman had also been arrested.
Ritual killings are an all too common occurrence in the country. Some unscrupulous operators here believe that human body parts can work as charms to make their businesses more profitable.
Late last month a 22-year old man from the southern town of Gwanda was arrested after he was found in possession of the head and genitals of a homeless man. The suspect, Honest Moyo claimed he’d been offered $25 000 for body parts from a local businessman.
In a video testimony shared by state media Moyo said his victim was dead when he found him and “I took what I wanted”.
And in February, reports said a 22-year-old man from southern Zimbabwe was arrested for allegedly killing his 12-year-old brother to help him get rich and find a beautiful woman to marry, a Chronicle report said.
(Additional reporting from News 24)
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