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Suspected armed robbers shoot, injure couple
30 Jan 2021 at 15:57hrs | Views
THREE suspected armed robbers have been nabbed on allegations of shooting and injuring a Granary couple before getting away with money and mobile phones all valued at US$20 000.
Givemore Musurudzwa, Ravrage Chigagure and Brendon Gwenzi appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday where they are facing armed robbery charges.
They were not asked to plead to the allegations and were remanded in custody and advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
Prosecutors allege that on November 4 last year, the trio was allegedly seen following one of the complainants from his business premises in Mbare after he had received a huge amount of money after sales.
Musurudzwa, Chigagure, Gwenzi and their three accomplices, who are still at large, went to the complainants' house in Granary, Harare, shot at the door and force-opened it with a hammer to gain entry.
They were armed with a pistol and a rifle and broke into the complainants' bedroom and shot the wife on the leg and shot the husband on the right thigh before demanding money.
Allegations are that they were given a wallet with US$2 600 which they said was not enough.
It is alleged that the husband was again shot on the left thigh before the robbers ransacked the house and found another US$5 000 which was hidden under the bed and several mobile phones.
The robbers allegedly shot the husband again in the legs and threatened to kill the couple's son before they left the house.
While in the yard, they also slashed the husband's vehicle wheels before disappearing into the night.
Givemore Musurudzwa, Ravrage Chigagure and Brendon Gwenzi appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday where they are facing armed robbery charges.
They were not asked to plead to the allegations and were remanded in custody and advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
Prosecutors allege that on November 4 last year, the trio was allegedly seen following one of the complainants from his business premises in Mbare after he had received a huge amount of money after sales.
Musurudzwa, Chigagure, Gwenzi and their three accomplices, who are still at large, went to the complainants' house in Granary, Harare, shot at the door and force-opened it with a hammer to gain entry.
They were armed with a pistol and a rifle and broke into the complainants' bedroom and shot the wife on the leg and shot the husband on the right thigh before demanding money.
Allegations are that they were given a wallet with US$2 600 which they said was not enough.
It is alleged that the husband was again shot on the left thigh before the robbers ransacked the house and found another US$5 000 which was hidden under the bed and several mobile phones.
The robbers allegedly shot the husband again in the legs and threatened to kill the couple's son before they left the house.
While in the yard, they also slashed the husband's vehicle wheels before disappearing into the night.
Source - dailynews
