A Selbourne suburb man whose Mercedes Benz was hijacked by
six armed robbers who later robbed a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit van of
undisclosed amount of money at the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) branch in
Bulawayo on Monday, is a radiographer at Mpilo Central Hospital.
Mr Samuel Simbo said he had just parked at the gate of his
Selbourne Park house at about 7.20AM coming from work when the robbers pounced
on him.
He said they pointed a gun at him threatening to shoot him
if he dared resist before they bundled him to the backseat of his car.
The gang is now using the black Mercedes Benz, C200
(registration number AFB 0202) to commit robberies. Mr Simbo said he was lucky
to be alive to tell his story.
He said he went through a series of body and mind numbing
emotions as he had a gun pointed to his head while being told to keep calm by
his captors.
“I thought they were going to kill me as they drove towards
Kensington where they later tied my feet before dumping me,” said Mr Simbo.
After dumping Mr Simbo, the robbers drove to town where
they disarmed Fawcett Security guards before driving away in the armoured
cash-in-transit van with an undisclosed amount of money belonging to Zupco.
“The gang later dumped the armoured van in Woodlands and
hijacked a Nissan Hardbody in Ilanda suburb which they abandoned later.
The same evening the gang robbed a gold dealer in Kezi of
US$4 000 after masquerading as police officers.
Mr Simbo who said he was still traumatised, said he was
very terrified as the gang drove through a bumpy road towards Kensington while
pointing a gun to his head.
“I had knocked off at 7AM and I got home at around 7.20AM. When I was at the gate, I saw armed men approach my car and then they attacked me. I don’t know where they came from, but they took me and made me sit in the back seat of my car. Two of them sandwiched me. I was made to hold my head down while one of them pointed a gun to my head,” said Mr Simbo.
He said he was told not to raise his head or look at the
men’s faces.
“They said don’t raise your head, don’t look at our faces.
They drove about 20km to Kensington. During this time I was very shocked but
they kept telling me that all they wanted was to use my car to do something.
They said: ‘You should be calm and don’t be scared, you’ll get your phone back,
you’ll get your car back after we have done what we want to do,” said Mr Simbo.
He said when they got to Kensington, they tied his feet
before dumping him and he was later helped by residents.
“They tied me up before dumping me. I looked for help at a
school close by and people there helped me call my wife and other people.
“They came and took me and we headed straight to Hillside
Police Station where I made a report. During that time at the station there
were reports coming in that there was a robbery in town,” said Mr Simbo.
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