73 year old man slices off his privates
Elijah Ruchiyo (73) of ward 7, village 3A under Chief Mutambara sliced his privates off in an attempt to commit suicide.
After spending nineteen years depending on his son and living as a widower, Elijah decides to to give up on his his life. On the 1st of January 2021, Elijah Ruchiyo resorted to ending his life by slicing off his privates. At first he plunged into a 4m deep well but the attempt failed.
The Weekender reports that Mr Elijah Ruchiyo used an Okapi knife to slice of his privates. The son Mr Hazvinei Ruchiyo confirms this incident. During an interview the son said,
“My father’s clothes were bloodstained and we suspect that he used the Okapi knife to try to kill himself by slicing his privates. When I asked my father what had happened he told me that he initially threw himself in a well in a bid to end his life. He then decided to cut off his privates after realizing that he had failed to die after the plunge into the well. “
The whereabouts of the private parts are still unknown. The villagers and close family have been looking for the knife and private parts but as of yet no luck.
Hazvinei blames old age and illness as reason for his father’s decision. Mrs Ruchiyo, Elijah’s daughter in-law tells The Weekender that her father in-law had been thinking about killing himself for sometime. She says Elijah repeatedly told her that he was fed up with life and wanted to die.
73 year old man slices off his privates