A Bindura man Regis Ruza turned cannibal after he killed his mother and ate her flesh at house number 206 Section Seven on Wednesday.
The man allegedly licked the blood of his 55-year-old mother Dorcas Chigudhu, as she was dying.
Ruza used a metal bar to hit his mother and a kitchen knife, with which he stabbed her several times.
After killing his mother, Ruza stabbed himself on the hand was taken to Bindura Hospital for treatment but they could not get a tranquiliser to calm him down immediately.
However, at around 10am he was found dead in police cells where he was held after receiving treatment at the hospital.
