JILTED BOYFRIEND KILLS COUPLE IN COLD BLOOD

LWANDLE - Crimes of passion continue to rear their ugly head in society, and this time around, a couple was killed in cold blood after a man who was supposedly the ex-lover of the woman, broke into a home at Lwandle and stabbed the couple to death.

The deceased man, Mndeni Dlamini (33), was an employee of Manzini Clinic while the woman, a 24-year-old, was reportedly unemployed. They were supposedly attacked by the ex-lover of the woman, who is a neighbour to the deceased male. The deceased woman and the suspect’s identities will not be revealed as their families could not be reached for comment at the time of compiling this report. Also, a visit to the suspect’s home found that there was no one. The gate was locked and there was no response, despite several attempts. Meanwhile, according to the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS), the woman of Masekweni was stabbed 12 times with a knife all over the body.

Injuries

She is believed to have died from injuries sustained from the stabbing, while the man was stabbed twice in the stomach and in the right side of his back by the suspect. The crime of passion, which left community members beset with shock and pain, happened at Lwandle on Sunday at around 21:45pm. The suspect is currently on the run and is wanted by police. The deceased male resided at his parental home at Lwandle, where he had a house among three other houses within the homestead. The woman resided with her sister at Masekweni. She is originally from Nhlangano. Narrating the nerve-wrecking ordeal, the deceased Mndeni’s father, Mveli, shared that his son arrived home at around 8pm. The father said his son’s car was faulty. Before long, he said he was drawn by the noise of a barking dog outside and he went out of his house to observe what was going on.

Suspect

“I thought it was just nothing as I didn’t see anything amiss. Instantly, I saw both my son and the suspect at the corner of his house standing. I heard my son warning the suspect not to enter the house,” the father relayed. He went on to state that both his son and the suspect knew each other as they had attended the same primary and high school. He said the suspect was also known by his family as they were neighbours. “My wife also came out and we found that the door was damaged and he was on the floor. I suppose that my son was stabbed when they were fighting over the door,” Mveli said.

The father said when they got to the scene, both he and his wife found their son lying on the floor inside the house while the woman was seated on a sofa, already with multiple stab wounds. He said the girlfriend attempted to go out, but she fell on the step of the house.  He said they tried to push the suspect, making means to disarm him, but their attempts proved futile as he pushed them, shouting that he was aiming for the woman. The words that the suspect uttered will not be repeated due to their unpalatable nature. The father narrated that the woman returned from the step and went to the sofa. Thereafter, Mveli said the suspect entered the house and further stabbed the woman. He said they called the police to report the incident. “The police came and we even told them that the suspect is our neighbour, we know him as he is from the area,” he said.

The father said they were informed that upon investigations, the police went to the suspect’s home and found that he had left his jacket which was drenched in blood. The two were taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead upon arrival. This is not the only incident of a crime of passion that has happened in the past two months. This publication reported that anger drove a jilted member of a notorious gang ‘Amabenjamin’ to spear his 21-year-old ex-girlfriend to death before taking his own life. The incident, which unfolded in full view of dozens of textile workers and left them traumatised, took place at Matsapha Industrial Site at around 7am. During the incident, Zwelithini Shabangu reportedly grabbed his ex-boyfriend, Thandolwethu Zulu by her hair, dragged her next to a Mobile Money (MoMo) cubicle and speared her in the neck and when she fell down, he stabbed her in the back.

According to a source close to the matter, the deceased textile worker was from the Hhohho Region and had been living with a relative and her three-year-old child in Ezulwini. It was reported that during her stay in Ezulwini, she fell in love with Shabangu. Thereafter, the source said around March 2022, Zulu, who had already confided to her close friends that she wanted out of the relationship with Shabangu, started searching for a job at textile factories in Matsapha Industrial Site and she was employed at Far East Textiles as a trainee. It was gathered that Zulu continued to stay in Ezulwini until she got paid in April 2022.  She reportedly then moved to Ludzeludze, where she stayed with a friend, who was also working in the textile factory.

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