The Zimbabwean police have confirmed that a 13-year-old boy impregnated his 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe. The 29-year-old father of the pregnant girl was earlier arrested on October 29, 2022, shortly after it was discovered that his daughter was pregnant. He is reported to have been assisting the police with their investigations.
Many suspected that the father had raped his 9-year-old daughter, who was diagnosed with a rare condition called precocious puberty. The suspicion was ignited after the mother of the 9-year-old alleged that her husband had warned the child that goblins would visit her and insert things into her private part at night.
The Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) of the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe volunteered to help the authorities establish who had abused and impregnated the 9-year-old. And the paternity DNA test results established that the victim’s 13-year-old cousin is indeed the father of the child.
This has sparked an outrage in the country with observers cautioning parents not to be allowing their daughters in company with their male cousins. Because they are likely to be sexually abusing them, which is the case in most homes in Africa.
Below is the press release by the Zimbabwean police on the case:
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