Security Guard on the run after murdering spouse

By Andile Mvundla

09.08.24

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in Bulawayo are in hunt of Oscar Khumalo from Pumula North in Bulawayo who is a security guard by profession, in conmection to a murder case.

The ZRP confirmed that the incident occured on 7 July at around 4pm when the now deceased, Khangelani Nkiwane (38) and the accused person had a misunderstanding in their room over an unknown issue resulting to the accused person threatening to kill her.

The now deceased ran to their landlord’s bedroom to hide. The accused person followed her threatening to also kill the landlord, armed with an unknown pistol that he took from his workplace.

The landlord locked her bedroom where the deceased was hiding. The accused person tried to open the door and failed, leading to him firing one shot at the door before going outside the house and broke the bedroom window with an unknown object and shot his wife on the back and on the hand before fleeing the scene.

A police report was made and the now deceased was taken to Mpilo hospital for medical attention before she passed away yesterday.

ZRP Spokesperson for Bulawayo Inspector Abedinico Ncube urged the members of the public, men in particular, to have courage and better ways of solving problems than killing victims.