The suspect is alleged to have snatched her bag of fare
money. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi named
the arrested man last night as Campion Marowa (35).
The recovered 38 Astra Revolver had two spent cartridges,
meaning it had been fired twice before recovery.
The suspected gunman was arrested yesterday, only a few
hours after the incident, by CID homicide detectives in Harare investigating
the murder.
Conductor Joyce Kuzhumbwa started work on July 1 last year
for Lofombo bus operating under the Zupco franchise.
She was killed when the bus was dropping off its last four
passengers and initial reports suggest the gunman was the last passenger
getting off the bus.
Bus owner and Ms Kuzhumbwa’s employer, Mr Jeremiah Hove,
said it was very saddening that they had lost their conductor in a very painful way.
The conductor was shot, he had heard, after she refused to
hand over the bag of money during a robbery.
“The driver went to the depot saying he had finished work
and was told to go back and ferry people to Dzivarasekwa,” he said.
“He then drove to Dzivarasekwa dropping off passengers and
when he reached Dzivarasekwa 4 shops the bus was left with four people, one
woman and three men. Upon reaching the shops, the driver was writing in his log
book when he heard the conductor screaming from
the back.
“When he looked back to find out what was taking place he
heard a gunshot and he ran away and waited from a distance.”
The driver had not been able to give further details,
except that some of the money grabbed from the conductor was dropped as people
ran away.
Zupco chief executive Mr Evaristo Mudangwa referred
question to the police. Herald
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