Murderous Zim cop faces legal action

SHAMVA - Police say the officers involved in the clash with Shamva residents which resulted in the death of one person will be transferred while the matter will be treated as criminal.

Seven other people were injured after police allegedly attacked residents of Shamva Mine in search of a thief.

The suspected thief is said to have stolen a wallet from the officer-in-charge's wife.

Police on Saturday evening ran amok, brutally assaulted a man to death and left several critically injured after a senior police officer reportedly commandeered nine juniors to revenge on hapless mine workers after his wife lost a purse with $1.

Shamva yesterday resembled a war zone after angry residents, thronged and barricaded the police station demanding justice following the death of Luxmore Chiwamba who succumbed to injuries he sustained after police officers assaulted him with baton sticks, clenched fists, and booted feet.

Residents said three people had died but police spokesperson, Wayne Bvudzijena maintained yesterday evening that only one person had died during the bloody siege on Ashley Mine compound.

Residents camped at Shamva police station said trouble began after a wife to a senior police officer only identified as Shumba was robbed and lost a bag containing a phone and $1 on Saturday.

Shumba  is said to have enlisted the help of nine officers to try and retrieve his wife's stolen bag whereupon he conducted a deadly door to door raid on residents of Ashley Mine in which people were forced out of their homes, some naked and were savagely assaulted.

In the dead of the night and under the cover of darkness, the officers  launched a vicious attack on Ashley Mine compound demanding cash and cell phones from helpless residents to compensate the $1 loss.

Over a dozen people are said to have been injured during the brutal attack. Ten people were severely injured and are now receiving treatment and recovering at a private clinic in Bindura.