By Staff Reporter
MUTARE: A local magistrate is nursing wounds she sustained after she was severely assaulted with a hammer on the head by a woman who accused her of having an illicit affair with her husband.
Police have confirmed the incident.
According to the police, the magistrate, Tamara Chibindi, was attacked this week at her home in Murambi low-density suburb at around 13 00hrs.
The suspect Thelmor Mudhefi (31) has since been arrested in connection with the attack and investigations underway.
“Chibindi was attacked with a hammer by Mudhefi who was accusing her of having an affair with her husband. She sustained injuries on the head and hand,” Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Luxson Chananda confirmed Friday to NewZimbabwe.com.
Hammer attack … Magistrate Tamara Chibindi was treated for head and hand injuries
MUTARE – Police are investigating after a Mutare magistrate was attacked with a hammer by a woman accusing her of having an affair with her husband, a lawyer.
Magistrate Tamara Chibindi was treated for head and hand injuries following the frenzied attack at her home on Tuesday afternoon, legal sources said.
“She was badly injured on the head and one of her hands. She received some stitches in hospital,” the source said.
An irate Thelmor Mudhefi accused the magistrate of romping with her husband, prominent Mutare lawyer Chris Ndlovu.