A Bikita woman forced her three minor children to drink poison before committing suicide after an argument with her husband yesterday.
At the insistence of Mazi (31) from Duma in Nyika, Bikita committed suicide at her rural home in Zinhata District, Farm 269 in Gutu.
Her husband, Joas Taramusha, told The Mirror that she phoned him and told him she was traveling to their rural home to commit suicide.
He said his nine-year-old son died on admission to Silvera Mission Hospital while his seven- and three-year-old brothers were fighting for their lives in the hospital.
Masvingo police spokesman, Inspector Kudakwashe Diwa, was out of the office when contacted for comment.
Taramousha said that Israr bought pesticide and forced the children to drink it. I later consumed it.
“I stayed at Nyika Growth Point in Bikita with my family and argued with my wife. She phoned me yesterday morning and told me that she was traveling to our cottage in Gutu to commit suicide.
“She called me back a few hours later and told me she was going to commit suicide. She bought pesticide and forced the children to drink it before she swallowed it. My brother called me and told me she forced the children to drink pesticide. We rushed them to Silvera Mission Hospital. He said, ‘My son died at His entry.” Masvingo Mirror
