A Zimbabwe police officer, Daniel Arutura who is stationed at the Southern Region Transtech in Bulawayo has been arrested after he stabbed his children following a quarrel with his wife.
The News Day reports that the drunk Arutura visited his wife he has been living in separation with for almost a year now, in a bid to see his six-year-old kids on the 24th of this month and a dispute erupted between the duo.
The wife, Fungai Miringani, reportedly fled when Arutura grabbed a kitchen knife intending to stab her and left the kids with Arutura then stabbed them severally out of rage before handing himself to the police.
The incident was confirmed by police spokesperson, assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi who said that Miringani returned home and found the children unconscious and then took them to United Bulawayo Hospital for medical treatment.
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