Fungai Lupande 

Mashonaland Central Bureau

Two more people were brutally killed on Monday evening in Bhosha Village, Magaya area of Guruve, deepening fear in a district already reeling from a spate of violent murders.

The victims were a mother and her daughter, who was in Form 3.

Another child survived the attack by hiding under a bed.

This takes the number of those murdered so far to 12.

Mashonaland Central provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Milton Mundembe, confirmed the incident.

He said thorough investigations are underway and more details will be released soon.

Police have intensified the manhunt for the prime suspect, Anymore Zvitsva (32), who is believed to be working with a group of accomplices.

The killings, which began as isolated incidents in October, have since escalated into a disturbing pattern.

The wave of night-time attacks has instilled widespread terror, forcing many families to abandon their homesteads and seek safety by sleeping in groups at designated houses.

Men patrol at night, protecting women and children as they sleep, with the hope of catching up with the killer one day.