The Sunday News
Tendai Bhebe, Sunday News Reporter
A disc jockey at a bar in Pumula North in Bulawayo was fatally stabbed in a case of mistaken identity by a group of unknown assailants as he walked home from the bar where he was drinking.
He was stabbed four times — in the stomach, shoulder, ribs and back of the head by yet to be identified group of men and police have since launched a manhunt for the assailants.
The incident occurred around 11pm on Monday when Donald Chiwone (45) from Pumula North who was a DJ at Pumulani Beer Garden was walking home alone after having drinks with friends at the bar.
The men are believed to have mistaken him for someone they had a dispute with when they were having beer at the beer garden on Monday around 11.45 pm and waylaid him. As he was approaching he was stabbed in the stomach, shoulder, ribs and the back of the head before the group fled and disappeared in the thick of the night.
Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious Simango confirmed the incident.
“I can confirm the incident where a man who was drinking beer at a beer hall in Pumula North was attacked by a group of unknown men just outside where he was drinking as he was walking home. The security guard of the bar heard a sound from outside and ran to check what was happening.
He realised the man was trying to go back into the bar but was failing to walk and bleeding profusely as he had been stabbed four times. The security guard went to seek aid from the bar manager and they rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead,” said Chief Insp Simango.
She said investigations were still underway and the police were still looking for the culprits. She encouraged members of the public to avoid travelling at night alone during the festive season because of the increasing cases of murder and assaults in the city.
“We are now in the festive season and people should not travel alone at night because there is a high risk of being robbed or murdered. We are appealing to the public not to consume too much alcohol because most cases that are reported to us are to do with drugs and alcohol,” she said.
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