The incident occurred at around 1 pm on June 13 at Shokoni
Business Centre at the home of Jerifanos Tsikira (69) and his wife Polite
Tsikira (58) when five unknown men arrived at their home armed with two
pistols.
Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa
confirmed the incident and urged the members of the public never to keep large
sums of money at home or at the workplace.
“Five unknown men arrived at Tsikira’s home in which three
of the accused armed with two pistols stormed into the house where Tsikira was
sitting together with his wife and demanded cash. Tsikira took US$30 from his pocket and handed
it over to the robbers who demanded more.
“Tsikira did not comply to the order and was shot once on
the right thigh and his wife was shot on the right ankle. Polite surrendered
and handed over 3 000 rands and US$240 to the robbers. The robbers also took
cell phones and a revolver from the Tsikira.”
Insp Dhewa said that the robbers fired three shots in the
air and demanded keys to the Honda Fit before speeding off towards Chivi Growth
Point. The matter was reported to ZRP Chivi police.
Meanwhile, at around 2 pm the same robbers, now armed with
three pistols struck at PetroTrade again stealing various amounts of money at
the fuel station.
“The robbers acted as if they wanted to refill the stolen
Honda Fit at the station and demanded money from the petrol attended Reason
Chigamba (50). The robbers force-marched
Chigamba to the office and took US$1 520 from the safe. They searched Chigamba
and took US$60 from him and US$70, 100 rand and cell phones from other
workers.”
A report was made to the police and the police quickly
attended the scene. Upon seeing the police, the robbers sped off from the
scene. Ins Dhewa urged members of the public never to resist ordered from armed
robbers as it might result in loss of lives. Sunday News
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