A 37-YEAR-OLD Wedza man is battling for life at
Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare after he was accidentally shot on the neck by a
police officer who was driving away imbibers from a beerhall at the weekend.
Fungai Madziro was rushed to Mt St Marys Mission Hospital
in Wedza where he was immediately referred to Harare after his condition
deteriorated.
According to a computed tomography scan report shown to
NewsDay, the bullet entered “zone 2, anterior neck and exited above the scapula
on the left side”.
Witnesses said at around midnight on Sunday, some police
officers were on patrol when they entered Gehena Beerhall at Wedza Centre and
ordered the patrons to leave as it was late into the night. It is alleged that
chaos erupted before a police officer identified as Chief Inspector Ndodzo
snatched a pistol from his colleague and shot randomly, injuring Madziro who
was already outside the building.
Ndodzo is the officer-in-charge at Wedza Police Station.
The matter was reported at Wedza Police Station under
CR101/01/20. Efforts to get an official comment from police in Mashonaland East
were fruitless, but sources said the top cop accidentally discharged the
firearm, resulting in Madziro being shot.
Madziro’s cousin Tendai told NewsDay that police had not
been helpful since the shooting incident.
“I am the one who is running around and the police are not
even helping at all, let alone admitting that their boss shot my brother. The
bullet ripped through his neck and we are in dire need of financial assistance.
He is critical and no one is coming to our aid,” he said. Newsday
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