A love affair between two young cousins from the Chimwemwe Compound in Kitwe, on the Copperbelt, ended in a horrible death for both of them.
Emmanuel Sonta, a Grade 12 student at Kitwe Boys who was 18 years old, stabbed his cousin Elizabeth Phiri, who was 17 years old, in the neck, killing her instantly, after she told him that the biology experiments she had been doing with him had led to her ovaries getting fertilized.
Sources who knew about the taboo affair say that Emmanuel, who was living with his parents and going through puberty, decided that he didn't need to go far to satisfy his growing sexual desires.
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He had an affair with Elizabeth, a Grade 6 student at Kampemba Primary School and the daughter of his mother's sister. Elizabeth and he lived in the same house, and before long, she was pregnant.
While Emmanuel was at church yesterday afternoon, Elizabeth decided to tell her aunt that she was pregnant.
Emmanuel's mother went to talk to family about how to handle the situation, but while she was gone, Emmanuel came home and found out that his secret affair had been made public.
When Emmanuel got mad, he pulled his cousin into the house, locked the doors, and they started to fight. During the fighting that followed, Emmanuel used a knife to stab Elizabeth in the neck, killing her right away.
When Emmanuel saw what he had done, he used the same knife to stab himself in the stomach several times.