Lisani Nleya (45) told detectives he killed his his parents
— 83-year-old Mr Nicholas Nleya and Margaret (78) alone.
The Chronicle reports that Lisani took the officers behind
the homestead and showed them how he entered on the fateful day. He said his
weapons, which included three petrol bombs and a petrol container, were in a satchel
on his shoulders.
Lisani told officers that he demanded money when he entered
his parents’ bedroom hut and his mother extended R200 which he dismissed as too
little.
Lisani narrated how he threw three petrol bombs inside the
room. He said, he threw the first bomb which ignited the house and provided
light for him to aim at his targets with the second. He said a third bomb did
the greatest damage.
It blew up part of the house, shook the ground and threw
him some meters away resulting in a leg injury. Lisani said after being
satisfied that his mission was complete, he dashed outside the homestead
jumping over the fence to evade people he expected to arrive at any moment.
After observing from a distance for a while, he said he
rushed to the place where he had left a bicycle and cycled about 90km to
Figtree before getting a lift that took him to Bulawayo.
He took his parents’ two cellphones, sold one to a Nigerian in South Africa and the other is still at his rented place in South Africa.
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