Why 76-Year-Old Man Committed Suicide In Zimbabwe | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jun 01, 2021
A 76-year-old man has committed suicide by hanging himself over alleged neglect by his younger wife and children in Kuwadzana, Harare province of Zimbabwe.
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The deceased, Noah Masawu, was found hanging with a rope at his home in Kuwadzana Extension in Zimbabwe by his younger wife, Martha Shoko, aged 30.
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[caption id="attachment_104245" align="alignnone" width="622"] Martha Shoko[/caption]
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Martha Shoko told H-Metro;
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"My husband had differences with his children because they always argued over why he married me when I was 22 years.
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"All his children are older than me and I know that's where all the problems began........
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"They didn't send any money for upkeep and we had nothing to eat or fend for our children.
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"That's when I said to my husband, it's better to take children with me and go back to my parents since he was not able to fend for the family.
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"Maybe that's what has led to him committing suicide because his children had also abandoned him.
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"He was talking about hanging himself with a rope and today he took the rope and I just thought it was a joke.
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"I even told one of the relatives about it but they ignored me.
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"At around 2pm that's when I called a neighbor because I was scared to open the doorÔÇØ.
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She said when the door was then opened that is when they found him hanging and dead.
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"He died because of lack of food, nothing to do with neglect that's all.
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"He has left me with four children including mine, they are all not going to school because we don't have money,ÔÇØ she explained.
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However, neighbors who preferred anonymity sent H-Metro an audio recording by the deceased confiding to them about how the young wife was ill-treating him.
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One of them said;
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"The man died so bitter because of the wife who was neglecting him.
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"Mr Masawu told us that he would often be told to go away, they always fight because of upkeep and the wife always threatened him.
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"She is the one who has led to this and it's fortunate we have it on record.ÔÇØ
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— Faith Ukanwa