The suspected robbers were wielding an unknown firearm,
which they used to scare passengers and the bus crew.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi said investigations were underway.
The robbers stole US$19 050, R2 000, $690 and K1 137, and
other valuables. They had boarded the bus in Karoi pretending to be genuine
passengers. Police are anxious to hear
from anyone who might be able to give information.
In an interview, CAG director Dr Sam Nanhanga said the
suspects boarded the bus in Karoi intending to go to Chirundu.
“I am told one of them pretended to be feeling like
vomiting while walking in the aisle. He pulled out a gun and fired two shots
into the roof of the bus and the other pulled out another gun and shot the
screen of the bus. They then ordered everyone on the bus to remove their
clothes and put them in a sack which the other robber was holding. All the men
and women, were stripped naked.
“The challenge I have is that there is a man who was seen
by the passengers, before waving for the bus to stop intending to board as a
passenger. When the bus tried to stop, the robbers said if the bus stops they
were going to kill everyone. The man then sped off and reported the incident at
a roadblock that was 2km away, which means the incident happened 2km before the
next roadblock,” he said.
Dr Nanhanga said the people who robbed the bus had pistols
while their colleagues who followed the bus with a small car had larger
firearms, which could have been easily identified if one attempted to board the
bus. Herald
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