HARARE – A man from Harare’s Mufakose suburb was stoned to death on Thursday night during a row over US$0.50, police said.
Mike Sallimon, 33, was the victim of a vicious attack by Bison Manyade, who was angry over his share of the day’s takings working as a kombi tout near the Lyton flyover in the suburb.
The murder is the second violent killing in the working class suburb in just days after a man stabbed his mother 19 times over a petty domestic quarrel last week.
Christina Paulos, a relative of Sallimon explained: “Bison was not happy after he was given US$4 instead of US$4.50, the amount that was given to Mike.
“He started throwing stones at Mike and the guy who paid then for touting insisting that he was the one supposed to get the US$4.50.
“Mike has left two children and we are really saddened.”
Inspector Lovemore Chakanza of Harare police said they had launched a murder investigation.
Residents have planned a protest on February 2 over rising drug abuse which they say is behind the murders and other crimes in the suburb.
In December last year, a five-year-old boy was murdered by his mother’s lover under unclear circumstances.
