Reports from Zimbabwe indicate that a 26-year-old woman, Rutendo Nhemachena, tragically passed away while undergoing baptism at Manyame river.
Nhemachena was said to have been overcome by a mermaid spirit, leading to her becoming agitated and leaping into the river where the baptism ceremony was taking place, with prophet Isaac Manyemba and his assistant, identified as Mai Manyika or Madzimai Jennifer, in attendance.
According to HMetro, witnesses, including Manyemba, stated that Nhemachena exhibited signs of being possessed by a mermaid and eventually overwhelmed them, submerging Manyemba before disappearing into the water.
Manyemba recounted, “The two convinced me and I led them to the river where we attended to a number of men and women when Nhemachena suddenly came into the river possessed. She pushed all of us and we failed to handle her before she immersed me and disappeared into the water. We were comforted by one woman who claimed that her child was once taken by a mermaid when he was seven years old and returned from water at the age of 14.”
Patience Gwebede, a spokesperson for Nhemachena’s family, refuted claims of her being abducted by a mermaid and confirmed that her body would be laid to rest in Chihota following a post-mortem examination.
Gwebede stated, “We are expecting the law to take its course as well as get an explanation from the traditional healer or Madzibaba and Madzimai who were conducting the cleansing ceremony.”
Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, the national police spokesperson, affirmed that the police are actively investigating the circumstances leading to the tragic drowning.
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