A woman from Bulawayo's Nkulumane 12 suburb and her two siblings are lucky to be alive as her boyfriend allegedly petrol bombed her family's house when he discovered that she was seeing another man.
The man identified by witnesses as Bigboy Sibanda reportedly went to his girlfriend's home on Wednesday at about 1am where he found her and her siblings asleep.
He allegedly tied firmly all the doors with a wire from outside, smashed one of the windows and threw the petrol bomb inside the house.
A witness who spoke on condition of anonymity said Sibanda and his girlfriend had a quarrel before the incident.
Sibanda was reportedly accusing his girlfriend of having an affair.
Contacted for comment Bulawayo City Council fire chief officer, Mr Richard Peterson said they suspected arson and the incident was under police investigations.
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