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Fatal stabbing shocks Mogoditshane’s Matebele residents

Blood-stained knife PIC: NEWYORKPOST
Blood-stained knife PIC: NEWYORKPOST

Residents of Matebele ward in Mogoditshane were left reeling in shock recently after a young man was found in a pool of blood with stab wounds on the upper chest.

According to the police, the man's lifeless body was discovered by a 38-year-old woman who reported the matter after spotting him in the back of her yard around 6:10am. She immediately alerted the police.

No.13 District Officer Commanding, Senior Superintendent Obusitswe Lokae, said preliminary investigations revealed that the man, believed to be a native of Mochudi, may have been attacked inside his house in the same area.

Editor's Comment
Let’s fight GBV as a collective

Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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