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Live updates on Amos Midzi death - with pictures
09 Jun 2015 at 12:38hrs | Views
Updates and Pictures By Chris Chivinge, Moses Matenga and Cynthia Matonhodze
FORMER Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairman, Amos Midzi was on Tuesday morning found dead in a suspected case of suicide.
The Epworth legislator was found in his vehicle at his farm in Marirangwe near Harare. Midzi was last seen alive at 2300hrs during meeting with farm manager. Midzi left the farm manager claiming to visit neighbour before returning home.
Pictures from the scene showed the car Midzi was found in - registration number ACY 3329 - deep in thick bleached grass in a field.
The police barricaded the area where Midzi's body was found in a car. Area surrounding vehicle filled with odour of suspected pesticide.
13:38 According to Chris Chivinge the Acting Editor-in-Chief Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Amos Midzi's close family friends say troubled politician was heavily indebted with most assets under the hammer
13:18: Mourners gathered at 857 Nursery Road. Mount Pleasant.
13:14: Stanley says the blue pills found in the car were purchased on the 29th of May.
13:13: Midzi's body was found at the backseat with his legs stretched in-between the front seats where gear lever is positioned.
12:49: Small blue pills found in the car
12:45: NEWS FLASH. Car keys found under the mat in the car. Also found was $282. The notes were in different pockets.
12:41: Stanley complaining about the presence of journalists
12:39: Relatives have now been allowed to see him. Body finally moved from the car he was found in into the coffin.
12:37: Wife complaining that the media is being allowed to film the body before she has seen it.
12:35: Midzi wife claim to not have seen the body.
12:31: The police are now moving his body from the car which was situated in a bushy part of the farm. A police truck has been made available to collect the body. There was no road leading to where the car was found.
12:30: The brother has finally been allowed to enter the barricaded area.
12:28: The vehicle in which Amos Midzi was found was locked. Police could not find the keys on the scene. They broke the door to get to his body.
12:26: Stanley Midzi said: "The family has lost a pillar. I will leave it to the Zanu-PF Harare province who worked with him to speak more on how they related together."
12:19: Amos Midzi brother, Stanley tells the NewsDay exclusively that he has not been allowed to view the body before it was moved.
The Epworth legislator was found in his vehicle at his farm in Marirangwe near Harare. Midzi was last seen alive at 2300hrs during meeting with farm manager. Midzi left the farm manager claiming to visit neighbour before returning home.
Pictures from the scene showed the car Midzi was found in - registration number ACY 3329 - deep in thick bleached grass in a field.
The police barricaded the area where Midzi's body was found in a car. Area surrounding vehicle filled with odour of suspected pesticide.
13:38 According to Chris Chivinge the Acting Editor-in-Chief Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, Amos Midzi's close family friends say troubled politician was heavily indebted with most assets under the hammer
13:18: Mourners gathered at 857 Nursery Road. Mount Pleasant.
13:14: Stanley says the blue pills found in the car were purchased on the 29th of May.
13:13: Midzi's body was found at the backseat with his legs stretched in-between the front seats where gear lever is positioned.
12:49: Small blue pills found in the car
12:41: Stanley complaining about the presence of journalists
12:39: Relatives have now been allowed to see him. Body finally moved from the car he was found in into the coffin.
12:37: Wife complaining that the media is being allowed to film the body before she has seen it.
12:35: Midzi wife claim to not have seen the body.
12:31: The police are now moving his body from the car which was situated in a bushy part of the farm. A police truck has been made available to collect the body. There was no road leading to where the car was found.
12:30: The brother has finally been allowed to enter the barricaded area.
12:28: The vehicle in which Amos Midzi was found was locked. Police could not find the keys on the scene. They broke the door to get to his body.
12:26: Stanley Midzi said: "The family has lost a pillar. I will leave it to the Zanu-PF Harare province who worked with him to speak more on how they related together."
12:19: Amos Midzi brother, Stanley tells the NewsDay exclusively that he has not been allowed to view the body before it was moved.
Source - newsday
