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'My wife and children are now scared,' says Tendai Biti
26 Feb 2014 at 13:11hrs | Views
MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti whose house was petrol bombed yesterday says his wife and children are now scared.
"All I can say at the moment is that violence is unacceptable especially when it is targeted on innocent souls. My wife and children are sacred and I hope the investigations will be concluded and the culprits will be brought to book." said Biti.
A visit to Mr Biti's house showed that an explosive device was thrown at the gate. A security guard who identified himself as Jani was manning the gate when the incident occurred said the assailants were driving a twin-cab vehicle.
"It was just after 1am when I heard the sound of a vehicle which was passing. After about two minutes, I heard the sound of an explosion and I rushed outside to see what it was, and I only saw a twin cab speeding off," he said.
Jani said he got the impression that the assailants knew the place well.
"I think they wanted to bomb the guard room but the explosive was stopped by the pillar. I informed Mr Biti who was sleeping in the main house together with his family and we made a police report at Borrowdale Police Station in the morning.
"A replay of the CCTV footage shows that the car was a twin-cab and had number plates though they are not visible."
Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said investigations were underway.
"Police are investigating the circumstances in which unknown persons threw a bomb which hit and scorched a gate pillar at Biti's Umwinsdale house. The unknown accused persons used an unidentified vehicle as a getaway car."
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said the attack was further evidence of the "violent nature of MDC-T and comes after the recent attack on zanu-pf Machipisa offices and Jongwe Printers."
"We are equally concerned with the utterances by MDC-T's Nelson Chamisa during an interview with a local radio station where it seemed that certain political figures were against the reporting of political violence cases to police," she said.
"Police would like to remind the public that they have a constitutional mandate to investigate crime. All individuals or political entities feigning violence will regret as the long arm of the law will catch up with them."
"All I can say at the moment is that violence is unacceptable especially when it is targeted on innocent souls. My wife and children are sacred and I hope the investigations will be concluded and the culprits will be brought to book." said Biti.
A visit to Mr Biti's house showed that an explosive device was thrown at the gate. A security guard who identified himself as Jani was manning the gate when the incident occurred said the assailants were driving a twin-cab vehicle.
"It was just after 1am when I heard the sound of a vehicle which was passing. After about two minutes, I heard the sound of an explosion and I rushed outside to see what it was, and I only saw a twin cab speeding off," he said.
Jani said he got the impression that the assailants knew the place well.
"I think they wanted to bomb the guard room but the explosive was stopped by the pillar. I informed Mr Biti who was sleeping in the main house together with his family and we made a police report at Borrowdale Police Station in the morning.
"A replay of the CCTV footage shows that the car was a twin-cab and had number plates though they are not visible."
Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said investigations were underway.
"Police are investigating the circumstances in which unknown persons threw a bomb which hit and scorched a gate pillar at Biti's Umwinsdale house. The unknown accused persons used an unidentified vehicle as a getaway car."
Snr Asst Comm Charamba said the attack was further evidence of the "violent nature of MDC-T and comes after the recent attack on zanu-pf Machipisa offices and Jongwe Printers."
"We are equally concerned with the utterances by MDC-T's Nelson Chamisa during an interview with a local radio station where it seemed that certain political figures were against the reporting of political violence cases to police," she said.
"Police would like to remind the public that they have a constitutional mandate to investigate crime. All individuals or political entities feigning violence will regret as the long arm of the law will catch up with them."
Source - The Herald
