The country has seen an increase in the number of murder cases being committed by juveniles and these are people below 18 years. On Friday the 29th of October, a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death in Gwelutshena, in Nkayi District in Zimbabwe’s Matebeleland North province by a 16-year-old girl after the two had a misunderstanding over a boyfriend. The same week, a 16-year-old male juvenile from Beitbridgde killed a mother and her two children over an undisclosed matter.