Jilted hubby axes wife to death, kills himself

By ALEX NJOVU

 

A MAN of Mufulira’s Kamuchanga township has committed suicide after allegedly axing his wife to death and attempting to kill his mother-in-law in a marital dispute.
In an interview in Kitwe yesterday Copperbelt police commanding officer Martin Malama identified the man as Lewis Chomba.
Dr Malama said Chomba, who was on the run after killing his wife and seriously wounding his mother-in-law, took suspected poison at his hideout after realising that police officers were about to arrest him.
“Lewis Chomba of Kamuchanga township has committed suicide by taking poison after he axed his wife, Brenda Ziwwawo, aged 29, and seriously wounding his mother-in-law Violet Mutuba, 70, who is admitted to hospital,” he said.
He said the two bodies are lying in the Ronald Ross Hospital mortuary.
Mufulira police officer commanding Stephen Simasiku had earlier said in an interview in Kitwe that the incident happened between 06:00 hours and 07:00 hours on March 28.
Ms Ziwwawo was a resident of House Number P14, Kamuchanga township.
He said the woman and her mother were found in a pool of blood on the Kalinjini farming block.
“I can confirm that a 29-year-old woman was axed to death after a domestic dispute. The man also axed the mother-in-law, who is nursing serious injuries. The police found the body of the deceased in a pool of blood with multiple injuries. The mother of the deceased is in hospital receiving treatment,” he said.
He said Ms Ziwwawo had been experiencing marital problems with her husband.
Mr Simasiku said Ms Ziwwawo left her matrimonial home to live with her mother on the Kalinjini farming block.
He said the husband tried to convince his wife to return to the matrimonial home, but she refused to do so. This allegedly angered the man who, in a fit of rage, axed Ms Ziwwawo and turned the axe on his mother-in-law.
He said the woman suffered multiple injuries to the neck and head.