An ex-government official who once kidnapped singer Mathias Mhere shot and killed his wife and her brother-in-law on Wednesday morning.
After committing the heinous crime at the couple’s Gletwin home, Petros Pomborokani (50), a former worker at the Ministry of Health and Child Care vanished into thin air.
State media reports that Pomborokani shot his wife of 20 years, Olivia Zenda (42) following a marital dispute before shooting his brother-in-law, Robert Zenda (49) in front of his three children, mother-in-law, a relative and a housemaid at around 7 am.
Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the shooting saying,
Investigations carried out so far have revealed that the suspect and his wife had a long marital dispute. He was in the habit of assaulting his wife and had since moved out of their matrimonial home.
On the fateful day Pomborokani was seen by a relative entering the house while wearing a hood…the relative heard the wife screaming calling for help before gunshots were fired. It is suspected that he first shot the wife before turning the gun on his brother-in-law before leaving the scene.
Pomborokani was once arrested in 2016 after he kidnapped gospel singer, Mathias Mhere accusing him of having an extramarital affair with his wife. He allegedly forced Mhere and his wife to remove their clothes at gunpoint and held them hostage naked for five hours.
However, when he appeared in court, He was fined US$150 or three months in prison.
