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A 23-YEAR-OLD woman from Mberengwa District died when she was having sex with her husband after the couple had allegedly taken a concoction to improve their sexual performance, police confirmed yesterday.The woman has been identified as Janet Moyo of Mbongolo Village under Chief Mahlebadza. Acting police spokesperson for Midlands Province Assistant Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said police officers who attended the incident, which occurred on Monday last week, took the concoction the woman was said to have taken before she engaged in sexual intercourse with her husband."We confirm a sudden death incident in which a Mberengwa woman is said to have died while in bed with her husband at around 4am on Monday last week. Police who attended the scene recovered the powdered concoction, which the woman was said to have used before getting into bed with her husband. Police are, however, still conducting investigations," said Asst Insp Mahoko.A witness told said Moyo died because of "too much sexual pleasure" after taking the unidentified traditional concoction to enhance her sexual pleasure.He said the woman is said to have got the concoction from a local traditional healer after she complained that she was not enjoying sex with her husband, identified as Mr Takaedza Zhou."The woman had just been recently married to Mr Zhou but was complaining that she was not enjoying sex with her husband. She later consulted a local traditional healer (name supplied) who normally assists both men and women in the village in that regard and was given the concoction. It, however, backfired when she started producing strange sounds during sex with her husband and died in the process," said a villager.Mr Zhou confirmed that his wife died while they were engaged in sex but refused to shed more light on the matter."I don't want to say much about the incident, the police took the concoction which my wife had taken and we are still waiting for the post-mortem to ascertain what caused her death. You can get in touch with the police," said Mr Zhou, a teacher at a local school.Asst Insp Mahoko said the woman's body was taken to Masase Mission Hospital for a post-mortem.