In Harare, police investigations are underway to establish circumstances surrounding the d3@th of two women whose bodies were found in the early hours of New Year’s Day outside Kasi Kasi Bar in Tafara, national police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said in a statement.
Seven people were k!lled in separate incidents around the country on New Year’s Eve and Day through murder, drowning and freak accidents, police said yesterday.
In Harare, police investigations are underway to establish circumstances surrounding the death of two women whose bodies were found in the early hours of New Year’s Day outside Kasi Kasi Bar in Tafara, national police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said in a statement.
He said police initially went to the area to restore order after receiving reports that the road leading to Kamunhu Shopping Centre and Tafara suburb was completely blocked by a crowd, and haphazardly parked vehicles, but had difficulties to achieve the mission because of poor lighting.
Around 3am, police were alerted to a rowdy crowd, and three women lying prostrate within the vicinity of Kasi Kasi Bar and main road linking Mabvuku and Tafara.
The women were rushed to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where two of them were pronounced dead.
Asst Comm Nyathi warned the public and the media against rushing to conclusions and allow the police to establish the circumstances in which the women died as investigations, including a post mortem, are underway.
“The Zimbabwe Republic Police condemns the unruly behaviour exhibited by motorists and general public during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Mabvuku. We call upon liquor outlet operators to put in place measures to ensure there is adequate parking space for patrons to avoid chaos and stampede during commemoration of major events.”
In another case, 43-year-old Sifiso Bhebhe and his 8-year-old son, Devine Musandipa of Sunrise Township, Sanyati, Kadoma, drowned in a 2m deep pool the child fell into after the edge of the pool he was sitting on gave in. Mr Bhebhe drowned after jumping into the pool to try and save his son.
In a freak accident, a female police officer died on admission at BorradaileHospital after being hit by a dislodged haulage trailer wheel at the 51km peg along the Harare Mutare road. The careering wheel hit the officer who was standing by the roadside.
In Chipinge, a suspected mental patient, Benjamin Sithole (28) has been arrested in connection with the m_rder of three-year-old Agnes Sigauke after he allegedly crushed her head with a hoe at Mwatsaka Village after the victim’s 20-year-old mother had refused to give Sithole some vegetables.
Source Zimbabwe Situation
