A police officer deployed to guard Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission (Zec) member Qhubani Moyo’s house in Bulawayo is battling for life
after shooting himself in an alleged suicide attempt on Friday night.
Moyo on Friday night posted on social networking site
Facebook saying gunshots had been fired at his house. He said the motive was
unknown in the process, sparking speculation as the incident happened hours
after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s
victory.
“Sad developments at my house where a member of the police
protection unit is lying in a pool of blood after gunshots. Motive unknown!!!”
Moyo posted on Facebook.
In an interview yesterday, Moyo said preliminary
investigations showed that the police officer attempted to commit suicide by
shooting himself, but survived.
“Indications are that he wanted to commit suicide.
Investigations are still ongoing,” Moyo said.
He did not want to comment further regarding his earlier
post that there were gunshots outside his Selborne Park house.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious
Simango refused to comment over the matter and referred The Standard to
Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi.
“I am not at work, may you get in touch with Senior
Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba,” Nyathi said when contacted for
comment.
Charamba was still in the dark when the paper sought her
comment.
“I need to find out what happened,” she said.
Meanwhile, Moyo said the police officer was battling for
life at a local hospital.
According to internal police communication seen by this
paper, the police officer (name withheld) “suffered severe injuries after the
bullet penetrated through the chin, injuring his upper lip”.
Moyo’s wife Rita is said to have heard the first gunshot at
around 20:15 hours and when she enquired from the police officer, he told her
he was testing his gun after he got an instruction to be on alert following the
ConCourt ruling.
He later turned up at the door bleeding profusely. Standard
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