Absolom Phakathi (35) of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo was arrested after he attacked his wife Ms Egnes Shonhe and his niece Ms Similo Hove, with an axe after his wife refused to give him money.
Phakathi allegedly struck his wife twice on the head with the back of an axe before he struck his niece using the same axe. The two women were admitted at Mpilo Central Hospital after they sustained serious injuries. Phakathi appeared before provincial magistrate Mr Tinashe Tashaya who asked him not to plea and placed him off remand. Tashaya said Phakathi will be asked to appear in court when medical reports have been submitted to the State.
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