Jimmy Tichaona Chivende (16) from Mkoba 13 suburb in Gweru jumped to his death from a 30 metre high Gweru City Council water reservoir after his mother Constance Chivende, scolded him for having sex with his girlfriend.
Acting Midlands Province police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukunde confirmed the incident to The Chronicle. The body was discovered by a passerby who reported to the police. The boy suffered a broken hand, multiple hand injuries and bled from the nose and the mouth as a result of the fall. In an affidavit his mother said that she suspected no foul play and narrated that the deceased left home saying he wanted to visit the toilet.
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