A Bikita grade 5 pupil in a fit of rage struck his young cousin which resulted in the grade 3 pupil bleeding till he subsequently lost his life, New Ziana reports.
According to the publication:
The boy, a student at Zengeya Primary School, got annoyed that his young uncle, Abel Chiba, did not pass through his home to call him up to go to school together.
He angrily confronted Chiba in his classroom for an explanation and, after not getting a satisfactory answer, picked up an iron bar and struck him once on the forehead.
Chiba bled profusely from a deep cut he sustained, and later lost consciousness.
The school took the injured boy to nearby Silveira Mission Hospital from where he was later transfered to Masvingo General Hospital due to the severity of the injury.
Chiba succumbed to the injury a day later in Masvingo, leading the school to report the crime to police.
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