Zimbabwean Football Fan Hacked to Death With Machete Over Man United’s Loss to Brentford

Zimbabwean Football Fan Hacked to Death With Machete Over Man United’s Loss to Brentford

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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  • Manchester United’s Premier League match vs Brentford will go down memory lane as one of the most embarrassing for the Red Devils
  • Brentford outclassed Eric Ten Hag’s men as it ended 4-0, with United fans across the world expressing shock
  • A football fan in Zimbabwe was hacked to death shortly after the game after an argument ensued

Police operatives in Zimbabwe are investigating the death of a 31-year-old football fan in Zimbabwe who was hacked to death with a machete.

Trouble started on Saturday night shortly after Manchester United were defeated 4-0 by Brentford in the English Premier League.

The Zimbabwe Mail reports that Vukile Nkomo died shortly after watching the match at the Fingo Bottle Store with his brother in the rural village of Mbembesi on Saturday night.

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Manchester United were humiliated 4-0 by Brentford. Photo: Shaun Botterill
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It was gathered that he was defending his brother, who had an argument with another fan during the encounter.

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At half-time, the Red Devils were down 4-0, which could have made the club supporters furious.

Moments after the game, a man named Sthembelani Tshuma reportedly got into an argument with Nkomo’s killer.

And in a swift, the culprit left the bottle store and headed home to take his machete before returning to strike Nkomo with the blade later that evening, according to Sunday News.

His brother escaped to a nearby shopping mall to try and find police officers to save Nkomo.

But when they returned, he was lying dead in a pool of blood. Tshuma, who is facing charges for the murder, is on the run and wanted by police for questioning.

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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