Gokwe miner axes father and brother to death.

A 21-YEAR-OLD gold panner allegedly fatally axed his father and brother in cold blood after accusing the elderly man of bewitching him. Alster Chikafa, in a rampage that lasted about two hours, is accused of axing two oxen belonging to his father Mathias Chikafa (62) and burning a neighbour’s hut before committing the blood-curdling murders. A family source from Mabharani village, Gokwe South where the incident occurred on Monday last week, said villagers teamed up and tied up Alster who appeared possessed.– Chronicle