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Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 2 suspects from deadly robbery, recover guns at 1 Commando barracks
Two armed robbery suspects who fled from a crime scene at which three of their colleagues were shot dead by a retired detective on Monday night have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.Thi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
2 soldiers among 3 killed after ex-detective took on armed robbers holding family hostage
Two of the three men killed while robbing the home of a retired police detective were soldiers, ZimLive has learnt.Joseph Nemaisa, a 19-year CID homicide veteran, took on five thugs who were a...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-detective shoots dead 3 armed intruders after family held hostage during robbery
A former CID detective shot and killed three armed men who stormed his home and held his family hostage during a robbery on Monday night, police said.Joseph Nemaisa, who left law enforcement f...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Robberies on the rise… police sets up specialised crack teams
AT least six robberies are being committed in Zimbabwe daily, highlighting the threats that citizens face from brutal criminals and thugs, latest statistics from the police have revealed.In re...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robber who died of gunshot wounds boasted about crime
SUSPECTED armed robber, Benjamin Craig Musasa, who was killed in a gun battle with the police in Harare last week, reportedly boasted about his crime spree.Musasa, who was popularly known as "...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
4 'armed robbers' including a cop killed in shootout with police
Four suspected armed robbers have been killed in a shootout with police in Harare.Police said one of the dead suspects was a police officer based at Hatfield Police Station.Police are ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 11:41hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Shootout at army chief home
A HEAVY exchange of gunfire erupted in the usually serene Mt Pleasant suburb in Harare yesterday as security details at the home of former Zanu-PF national political commissar, retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits injured soldiers
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night visited two members of the Zimbabwe National Army who are admitted at West End Hospital in Harare, following a shootout with two assailants in separate i...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunshots as rival gangs fight at gold mine
TWO rival gold panning groups at Jongwe Farm in Goromonzi reportedly fought running gun battles on Wednesday, leaving one of panners seriously injured as the battle for the precious stone turned nasty...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun battles at gold mine leave makorokoza seriously injured
TWO rival gold panning groups at Jongwe Farm in Goromonzi reportedly fought running gun battles on Wednesday, leaving one of panners seriously injured as the battle for the precious stone turned nasty...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A real revolution is brewing, Cdes!
MY former comrades, when you and the rogue elements in the army forced the people to make a show of protesting against me and later another show of celebrating my departure, one thing you never realis...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 15:38hrs | | by CZ
UPDATED: 3-hour gunfight at Chihuri's house
A rogue policeman guarding Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri's house in Borrowdale, Harare, yesterday morning ran amok after his bid to loot property from the premises...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Six injured in gun battle
Six Mashava men are battling for life at Masvingo General Hospital after they were allegedly shot and seriously injured following a dispute over the control of the gold-rich Lennox Mine, at the w...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gun battle as robbers shoot money changer
AN illegal money changer - popularly known as Usiphatheleni - yesterday cheated death when a suspected armed robber shot him twice on the arm at a Bulawayo hotel while his accomplice got away with R30...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Gun battles at two Bulawayo hotels
PATRONS at Selbourne and Greys Inn hotel in Bulawayo fled for dear life this afternoon after gun shots where fired in the guest rooms.Three people have been arrested.Some of the patron...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 14:43hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
FAJ calls on AU and governments to end impunity for journalists' killers in Africa
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Africa Group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the african Union and governments to end impunity for journalists' kill...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 12:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-soldier convicted of armed robbery and carjackings
An ex-soldier who committed a spat of armed robberies and carjackings at gunpoint has been convicted and will be sentenced next Thursday.Unity Mutsure (26) of 1658 Zengeza 5, Chitungwiza, plea...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 08:44hrs | | by Court Reporter
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Kenya attack
At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police station in a Kenyan coastal town, officials say.Witnesses in Mpeketoni said gun battles lasted several...Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Deadly gun battle erupts in Ukrain
Slavyansk - Three pro-Russian militants and one attacker were killed in a gun battle near the volatile eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk early on Sunday, a local leader told journalists.Vyat...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gun battle inside a Kenyan shopping mall
A gun fight inside a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has left at least five people dead, witnesses say.Police have been exchanging fire with gunmen who stormed the Westgate centr...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:33hrs | | by BBC
Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect remains hospitalised in serious condition
Boston - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing remains hospitalised in serious condition under heavy guard - apparently in no shape to be interrogated - as investigators try to establis...Published: 21 Apr 2013 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Boston Marathon bombings suspect No 2 taken into custody
The teenage suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has been taken into custody in a suburb of the city, police have said.Gunfire was heard as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was reportedly found hidin...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
7 people including a cop shot dead in Kenya
Nairobi - At least seven people including a policeman were shot dead in gun battles in the early hours of Thursday when a gang attacked a Kenyan coastal casino, police said."Six of the attacke...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 04:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
21 police officers wounded in Kenya
Nairobi - At least seven Kenyan police officers were killed and 21 more were wounded on Saturday as they pursued cattle rustlers in the north of the country, a police official told AFP."The o...Published: 11 Nov 2012 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Italy slams Britain over Nigeria failed hostage rescue bid
ROME - Italy on Friday condemned as "inexplicable" Britain's failure to warn it ahead of time of an operation to rescue a pair of British and Italian hostages in Nigeria that resulted in their d...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 04:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kidnappers kill a Briton and an Italian in Nigeria
London - Two Europeans held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaeda were killed before rescuers could free them, authorities said on Thursday.The men √ɬ¢√¢‚Äö¬...Published: 09 Mar 2012 at 03:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Monday, the latest assault by suspected Islamist militants on the country'...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 05:00hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria
Gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Kano at dawn on Monday, setting off a gun battle with police, residents said.It is the second time in three days that the Manda...Published: 30 Jan 2012 at 06:58hrs | | by Ndou Paul
ZIPRA, MK veterans must join hands to rebury their fallen comrades
Speaking at a moving ceremony of the reburial of four Umkhonto Wesizwe fallen heroes, ZAPU elder Richard "Gedi" Dube called on MK and ZIPRA veterans associations to embark on joint programmes to find...Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 12:16hrs | | by Luke Sayi
Kenya kidnapping, 66-year-old disabled French woman held hostage
Mombasa/Nairobi - Kidnappers escaped into Somalia with an elderly French hostage on Saturday after a gun battle with Kenyan security forces.Kenya's Tourism Minister Najib Balala told Reuters s...Published: 02 Oct 2011 at 05:42hrs | | by Moyo Roy
International media lied (propaganda) as Gaddafi's son re-emerges
The son and heir apparent of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, resurfaced free and defiant early today a day after rebels claimed to have captured him, boasting in a bizarre reappearance...Published: 23 Aug 2011 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on election crossroad
The West, which I hear, calls itself "The International Community" is the worst notorious wealth hunter and the path on which it walks is strewn with trails of blood, cries, death, disasters, great su...Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 04:50hrs | | by Caine Humanikwa
34 killed in a twin explosion in Pakistan
According to reports by CNN, at least 34 people were killed and 94 injured after twin explosions rocked a market in the Sadar area of Peshawar, Pakistan, authorities said early Sunday.The firs...Published: 12 Jun 2011 at 02:04hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gaddafi forces bombard Ajdabiya, Misrata
Ajdabiya - Regime forces bombarded rebels west of Ajdabiya, forcing hundreds of residents and some fighters to flee the key crossroads town, as a refugee rescue...Published: 18 Apr 2011 at 06:47hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Major Gbagbo decision expected in the next few hours
Major decisions will be made in the next few hours after a meeting between Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo and his generals, reports state television in the wake of heavy fighting....Published: 15 Mar 2011 at 06:06hrs | | by Byo24News
Zimbabwe Ivory Coast arms deal being investigated: UN
The United Nations is investigating...Published: 04 Mar 2011 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Africans threaten Ivory Coast invasion
West African heads of state have warned they will use force to oust incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power to a rival widely credited with having won a presidential elect...Published: 28 Dec 2010 at 03:51hrs | | by Byo24
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