The police have arrested the suspects who shot and killed a soldier in Chivhu while critically injuring another soldier.
State media has reported that two assailants believed to have shot two Zimbabwe National Army officers in Chivhu on Saturday have been arrested about 20 kilometres from Chivhu Central Business District.
Earlier report
Earlier the police had dismissed reports indicating the suspects had been arrested after fake pictures circulated. The ministry of information had posted:
“The suspects in the fatal shooting of a member of the ZNA and the critical injury of another in Chivhu have not been apprehended yet. Security services are conducting a large scale operation to bring them to book. Images circulating on Social Media are not related to the case,” said the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting.
The suspects in the fatal shooting of a member of the ZNA and the critical injury of another in Chivhu have not been apprehended yet. Security services are conducting a large scale operation to bring them to book. Images circulating on Social Media are not related to the case.
— Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting (@InfoMinZW) September 6, 2020
The incident occurred after the assailant had approached the police post under the pretense of seeking assistance and later opened fire on the two soldiers.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi told The Sunday Mail that police had launched investigations into the matter.
“We have an incident which occurred this afternoon (yesterday) at a police post close to the Chicken Inn food outlet in Chivhu, where two service officers were shot by an unknown assailant,” said Asst-Comm Nyathi.
“A suspect, who is yet to be identified, entered the police post and requested to speak to a service member stationed at the post as part of the teams that are enforcing Covid-19 regulations.”
He said the assailant was accompanied outside by the soldier before returning a short while later.
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