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Knife-wielding thief kills cop, stabs 4

by Staff Reporter
09 Oct 2014 at 07:41hrs | Views
A KNIFE-WIELDING 34-year old Bikita man ran riot and fatally stabbed a police officer with a home-made knife before stabbing two other detectives who were trying to arrest him.

Blessing Chimbirai allegedly killed Constable Fidres Ruvinge 33, of Bikita Police station on Wednesday last week when he tried to arrest him for stocktheft.

Two days later, the knife-wielding mafia who was on the run stabbed and injured two more officers who were trying to arrest him.

He also stabbed two detectives before they overpowered and arrested him. He appeared before a Bikita Court facing murder charges and resisting to arrest.  He was remanded in custody to October 21.

Source - Chronicle