Shurugwi Woman Kidnapped, Forced to Eat Raw Bloody Meat with Urine, Accused Trio Remanded in Custody
By Dumisani Ndlovu — Three women from Chipinge have appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates’ Court facing charges of kidnapping a 24-year-old woman in a gum-tree plantation and forcing her to eat meat with blood and urine during a purported satanic initiation ritual.
Dumisani Ndlovu 
Shurugwi — Three women from Chipinge appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates’ Court facing charges of kidnapping and forced consumption after allegedly abducting a 24-year-old woman and coercing her to consume meat dripping with blood and urine during a purported satanic initiation.
Vinolia Mlambo (21), Primrose Gwenzi (21), and Beatrice Chimingira (24), all of Mabhiza Village under Chief Musikavanhu in Checheche, were remanded in custody by Shurugwi Magistrate, Tadiwanashe Nyanda, pending production of a medical report.
The State, represented by Matidaishe Pavazvira, alleges that on October 17 at approximately 4 pm, the complainant of Musara 2 Village, was walking to Tongogara Business Centre to have her mobile phone repaired.
She was met along the way by the three accused, who joined her before allegedly forcing her into a dense gum-tree plantation.
The court heard that Chimingira allegedly grabbed the complainant by the hand and dragged her into the trees where the suspects informed her that they wanted her uterus.
The complainant was allegedly detained and interrogated until nightfall.
The court heard that at nightfall, the accused informed the complainant that the time for initiation had arrived.
They allegedly compelled her to consume raw meat with blood and urine, subsequently telling her that she had been initiated into satanism.
Following the ordeal, the suspects abandoned the complainant in the plantation.
She reported her ordeal to the police leading to a police manhunt and the subsequent arrest of the three women.
The accused are facing two counts, kidnapping and forced consumption of harmful or noxious substances.
