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Family kidnaps & bashes cops over missing teen
06 Dec 2015 at 08:39hrs | Views
THE father and relatives of a Lower Gweru Mission Secondary School pupil who mysteriously went missing for five days went berserk and kidnapped a police officer who was last seen with the pupil before assaulting the officer-in-charge of Maboleni Police Station.
The incident occurred on Wednesday last week when an 18-year-old Upper Sixth pupil was taken to the police by his Science teacher, a Mr Mpofu, after he allegedly broke a windowpane at school worth 80 cents.
He was later released by police and sent back to school but went missing for five days.
Police officer commanding Midlands Province Senior Assistant Commissioner Abigail Moyo confirmed that there was a report of a missing person at Lower Gweru Mission.
"Police at Maboleni have received a report of a young offender who committed the offence of malicious damage to property where he broke a windowpane valued at US$0,80 at school. Following the report an informal pre-trial diversion was conducted by the police. This was done taking into cognisance the fact that the law provides that the police are entitled to divert minor cases by cautioning the offender without resorting to criminal proceedings," she said.
After the pupil was released, he went back to school where he looked for Mr Mpofu but failed to locate him.
According to the pupil, he felt thirsty and decided to drink water from a tap at school and he disappeared before "finding himself in the middle of a forest".
"The boy claims that he literary disappeared while drinking water before finding himself in the middle of a forest where he wandered for five days while seeing strange things.
Earlier he had taken his colleague's mobile phone at school using supernatural powers raising suspicion that they could be acts of Satanism," said an eye witness.
The boy's father from Nembudziya in Gokwe, who was fuming while speaking to Sunday News, said his child went missing on 25 November while at school.
After the incident, the parents found the investigating officer who was last seen with him, a Sergeant Chinyowa, manning a roadblock along Gweru-Lower Gweru road and kidnapped him demanding their child.
They proceeded to Maboleni Police Station where they manhandled an Assistant Inspector Maburuste and tore his uniform.
"Mr Dematema who was in the company of his twin brother, brother and sister-in-law assaulted two police officers at the station," said a police source.
The child was later taken to a relative's house in Senga by a passerby who found him wandering in the forest and was brought to police on Thursday where he narrated what had transpired.
Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko could not be reached for comment.
The incident occurred on Wednesday last week when an 18-year-old Upper Sixth pupil was taken to the police by his Science teacher, a Mr Mpofu, after he allegedly broke a windowpane at school worth 80 cents.
He was later released by police and sent back to school but went missing for five days.
Police officer commanding Midlands Province Senior Assistant Commissioner Abigail Moyo confirmed that there was a report of a missing person at Lower Gweru Mission.
"Police at Maboleni have received a report of a young offender who committed the offence of malicious damage to property where he broke a windowpane valued at US$0,80 at school. Following the report an informal pre-trial diversion was conducted by the police. This was done taking into cognisance the fact that the law provides that the police are entitled to divert minor cases by cautioning the offender without resorting to criminal proceedings," she said.
After the pupil was released, he went back to school where he looked for Mr Mpofu but failed to locate him.
According to the pupil, he felt thirsty and decided to drink water from a tap at school and he disappeared before "finding himself in the middle of a forest".
"The boy claims that he literary disappeared while drinking water before finding himself in the middle of a forest where he wandered for five days while seeing strange things.
The boy's father from Nembudziya in Gokwe, who was fuming while speaking to Sunday News, said his child went missing on 25 November while at school.
After the incident, the parents found the investigating officer who was last seen with him, a Sergeant Chinyowa, manning a roadblock along Gweru-Lower Gweru road and kidnapped him demanding their child.
They proceeded to Maboleni Police Station where they manhandled an Assistant Inspector Maburuste and tore his uniform.
"Mr Dematema who was in the company of his twin brother, brother and sister-in-law assaulted two police officers at the station," said a police source.
The child was later taken to a relative's house in Senga by a passerby who found him wandering in the forest and was brought to police on Thursday where he narrated what had transpired.
Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko could not be reached for comment.
Source - sundaynews
