A HARARE businessman from Avondale died after being shot in
cold blood early yesterday morning.
Police spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi confirmed
the shooting yesterday.
“We, as the Zimbabwe Republic Police, would like to confirm
the fatal shooting of a local bus operator in Avondale in the morning. We are
still investigating the circumstances to the fatal killing and the wife of the
deceased is assisting the police with investigations.”
Nyathi said the name of the deceased will be released after
his relatives have been informed.
Members of the neighbourhood watch committee who were on
duty said they heard gunshots and surrounded the house expecting to see the
purported robbers, but no one came out of the house until police arrived at the
scene.
Maids at the house who alleged not to have heard the
gunshots were taken into custody together with the deceased’s wife.
A close family member of the deceased told NewsDay that: “I
wasn’t around when this happened, but I just heard that robbers stormed the
house, shot the man and stole $12 000.
“Members of the neighbourhood watch committee are said to
have quickly rushed to the house the moment they heard gunshots, positioned
themselves and manned the house until the police came. Unfortunately, they did
not see the robbers.
“The maids were also taken with the wife and they are
saying they did not hear any gunshots because they had earphones plugged in
their ears, but neighbours confirmed hearing the shots.
The businessman was rushed to Malbelreign clinic, where
they refused to attend to him without a police report. He died on the way to
the police station.
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