07 December 2021
Vimbayi Mahachi
A bizzare act of excorcism by self proclaimed prophets has left a 72 year old Binga grandmother dead.
A police report explained that the three prophets had claimed that the old woman was a witch and in a bid to exorcise the demon the prophets performed some ritual.
“They shaved the victim’s hair, cut her with a razor before administering unknown concoctions on the wounds and forcing her to drink the substances,” police said.
Zekela Muleya (72) died at Donga Village, Binga in the process.
The “murder” occurred on the 3rd of December.
Three prophets are on the run.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police, in a statement, have to appealed for information that can lead to the arrest of three unknown self-proclaimed prophets.
One of the self-proclaimed prophet is only known as “Kiss”.
The self proclaimed prophets have had a wide range of bizarre activities that have left a lot to be desired.
Yesteryear, in Gweru another prophet was caught butt naked red-handed in a metal sheet home made Bath tub filled with milk with two young ladies whom he said were being cleansed so that they could have luck with marriage.
The trio was led to the police station in the birth suits in full view of the public.
Another was caught trying to play illusion tricks by performimg a miracle to remove a reptile in a homestead. Before he could pinpoint where the snake was the bulging from his back and he was beaten by the watching crowd.
In recent months, another prophet caused the death of a woman who in Kensington, Bulawayo after giving the victim some concoction to drink.
Could this be that these prophets are taking advantage of gullible individual of the individuals lack the psychological will power to notice that these prophets are fake?
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