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Trial begins for Zimbabwe police shooting
The trial of four men accused of fatally shooting Paul Munakopa in Bulawayo's Hillside suburb four years ago has commenced at the Bulawayo High Court. Munakopa, 34, was shot during a high-speed chase ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:04hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber shot dead after police shooting
One man was shot dead yesterday around 5 pm at OK Marimba supermarket after the police cornered two armed robbery suspects.Tinashe Kariwo is one of the suspects who was pronounced dead on admi...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 15:58hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe police pays ZW$1 million compensation to victim of 2018 shooting
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has paid ZW$1 million compensation to a man who was shot and injured by a constable in 2018, two years after the case was brought to the courts by the Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US$1.4 million ABC Auctions robbery suspect dies after police shooting
A man suspected of taking part in Zimbabwe's second biggest heist ever has died after being shot by police in Epworth, 17km south of Harare.Trymore Bondamakara had been linked to the October 8...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victims challenge Police Act
SOME victims of the 2018 police shootings have challenged the constitutionality of discriminatory provisions in the country's Police Act.Tomorrow, High Court judge Justice Siyabona Musithu wil...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New details emerge on police shooting
EYEWITNESSES to a recent Chitungwiza shooting incident that left two residents seriously injured have accused police of misleading members of the public by claiming that the shooting incident happened...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1 killed in Beitbridge shooting
TWO alleged robbers were on Tuesday morning shot, one of them fatally while speeding off a security checkpoint. The suspects are members of a six-man gang that allegedly robbed a Chiredzi businessman ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
New twist to police shooting victim case
THE case of Masvingo man, Douglas Mahoya, who was mistakenly gunned down by police for allegedly not wearing a face mask on Wednesday has taken a new twist with the law enforcement agents claiming tha...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting victim case rages
THE family of Abel Gumbo, who was gunned down by police at Lutumba in Beitbridge on May 27 this year, has formally complained to the law enforcement agency saying they believed that he was murdered....Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shooting fatal case in bizarre twist
SOME Beitbridge police officers believed to have shot and killed a local man, allegedly approached a traditional healer in the border seeking to be cleansed against avenging spirits, the deceased's fa...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Police shooting victim awarded US$7,000 in restitution by High Court
A taxi driver who was shot by a trigger-happy cop has been awarded US$7,000 in damages by the High Court after suing home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police commissioner-general Godwin Matang...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Kazembe, Matanga evade jail
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube, Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, and the Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have evaded imprisonment after compensating Loveness Chiriseri, a victim of a p...Published: 08 May 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting death: Family demands compensation
The late Julius Zingwe, who was shot dead in Chinhoyi a fortnight ago, was buried in Mhangura last week with his family members calling on government to compensate them for his death.Zingwe wa...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP defends trigger-happy officer
POLICE have denied any wrong doing after an officer fired at a moving vehicle and shot a passenger in her back, along Chitungwiza Road in August last year.In a plea to defend a $17 000 lawsuit...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Looters not a threat to anyone,' says Amnesty International?
Amnesty International said it is alarmed by the repressive measures the Mnangagwa led Zimbabwe government has taken in response to the protests, including shutting down the internet to prevent people ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora outraged by police shootings in Harare
Police killings in Harare has attracted criticism from many human rights groups including the U.K. based Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation and Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe who jointly organis...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 16:20hrs | 2 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Mujuru visits police shooting victims
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru yesterday visited victims of police shooting, where she lambasted the Zimbabwe Republic Police over its heavy-handedness, which she said had created u...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by GIFT Nyandoro, PRC spokesperson
Mujuru visits police shooting victims
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru yesterday visited victims of police shooting, where she lambasted the Zimbabwe Republic Police over its heavy-handedness, which she said had created u...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting victims buried
Government donated $200 and a coffin to the families of victims whose lives were tragically ended by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Thursday night.Three unarmed civilians were fatally shot ...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Two shot dead by cops' in Harare
Two people were reportedly shot dead by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who were conducting an anti-kombi operation in the CBD today, Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 22:05hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Reform the police force
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is the national police force of Zimbabwe, known until July 1980 as the British South Africa Police.The force consists of at least 40,000 officers and is head-quart...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 17:40hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Shot cop identified
The ZRP officer who was shot dead on Saturday morning by another police officer has been identified as Sergeant Major J. Kazembe.Kazembe was allegedly shot by constable Kavhukatema Phillip Tic...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 20:10hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
US, UK 'fakes police shootings' in Zimbabwe - State media claims
The state media on Sunday reported that the US and UK had a hand in 'false' reports about Zimbabwean police shooting live bullets at protesters during yesterday's NERA countrywide demonstration....Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Houston cops shoot dead black man holding gun in street
Two Houston police officers fatally shot an African-American man who pointed a gun at them despite their commands that he lower his weapon, authorities said on Saturday, two days after five Dallas pol...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA police dragged miner out of his hospital bed and killed him
Marikana - Striking miners charged that police dragged an injured colleague from his hospital bed and killed him.The allegation adds to accusations that police have used excessive violence ag...Published: 05 Sep 2012 at 10:57hrs | | by AP
Jail breakers re-arrested
Police in Gweru have arrested two suspects who were recently released from WhaWha Prison believed to be responsible for a spate of housebreaking and theft cases in Gweru. Samuel Masocha (26) an...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 13:44hrs | | by Midlands Bureau
London riots, 3 arrested for attempted murder
London - Three people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was hit by a car during rioting in north London overnight, police said on Tuesday.A male office...Published: 09 Aug 2011 at 06:32hrs | | by Moyo
8 UK police officer injured in the London rampage
London - Police battled to restore order on Sunday as rioters went on the rampage in north London, torching vehicles and buildings amid widespread looting after the fatal shooting by police of a local...Published: 07 Aug 2011 at 05:38hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Police kill unarmed suspects at point-blank range, Kenya
Kenya's largest newspaper has printed shocking images of what appeared to be undercover police shooting three unarmed suspects at point-blank range on a busy Nairobi highway during midday, prompting a...Published: 22 Jan 2011 at 02:35hrs | 2 | by Byo24NEWS Africa Correspondent
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