HARARE – A 9-year-old girl from Harare’s Whitecliffe settlement died from an attack by a pit-bull dog, police said Saturday.
Police said they have since launched an investigation into the incident.
“The ZRP is investigating a sad incident where a 9-year-old female juvenile died on admission at Parirenyatwa Hospital after being attacked by a pit-bull dog at a house in Whitecliffe, Harare, on 25/03/23,” police said without giving further details.
It is however not the first death incident in the same week involving an attack by pit bull dogs.
On Monday, 68-year-old security guard Takawira Gift Muzvidziwa was fatally attacked by four pit bulls at a business premises in Waterfalls along Sherwood Crescent.
Meanwhile, in another incident a 68-year-old man was axed to death by two man who accused the now deceased of having a love relationship with a wife to one of the assailants.
Said the police via their Twitter handle, “On 30/03/23, ZRP Maphisa arrested Member Nyathi (62) and Bruce Ngwenya (22) for a case of murder in which they fatally attacked Robert Maphosa (68), accusing him of having an affair with Member Nyathi’s wife.
“The suspects allegedly struck the victim all over the body with axes before burying the body in a shallow grave in a sorghum field to conceal the offence.”
