A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Gokwe in the Midlands province has been arrested for allegedly sucking the blood of an underage girl for suspected ritual purposes.
Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmauel Mahoko confirmed the developments.
“Police arrested Mavis Sibanda (33) on allegations of assault involving sucking the blood of a 10-year-old juvenile. The case occurred in Gokwe Town on May 26, 2025 at about 10am,” Mahoko said
“It is alleged, she called a 10-year-old girl who was passing by and injected her with a needle before sucking her blood.”
Mahoko said Sibanda is assisting police with investigations.
Meanwhile, police in Gweru are also investigating a fatal road traffic incident, where a six-year-old boy was allegedly hit by a dump truck and died on the spot.
Mahoko said Phillip Makotore (58), who was driving the Nissan UD dump truck towards Clifton Park high-density suburb, faces possible culpable homicide charges.
“Circumstances around the incident are being investigated to establish prosecution evidence for culpable homicide,” Mahoko said.
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“The body was taken to Gweru Provincial Hospital mortuary.”
In another matter, 12 people died on the spot when a fuel tanker first hit a two-tonne truck that was driving in the opposite direction and then collided head-on with a Nissan AD Van vehicle occurred at the 200km peg near Sebakwe River along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway near Kwekwe on Wednesday morning.
In a statement, national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the Nissan Ad Van had 12 occupants.
“The fuel tanker first hit the two-tonne truck as it was going in the opposite direction,” he said.
“It then had a head on collision with the AD Van going in the opposite direction. Subsequently, the tanker dragged the AD Van for several metres and then overturned before falling on top of the AD Van.
“The fuel tanker was travelling from Harare towards Kwekwe.
“The occupants in the AD Van were trapped inside.
“The bodies of the victims were taken to Kwekwe General Hospital for post-mortem.”
