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By A Correspondent| There was horror yesterday when the case of a large machete gang reportedly numbering 300 men who surrounded the Matapi police station (Mbare) on Wednesday afternoon took a twist when the officer in charge affirmed that the 3 MDC members who went to report their case of assault and were abused by the machete gang, were unlawfully arrested.
The three complainants who are all brothers, Jonathan, Cleopas and Eriya Chinodya, had gone to the Matapi to report an assault when they had more salt added to injury- a large gang surrounded the police station and was given sway to besiege the building as well as assault one of them.
At 2.46pm(GMT), MDC leaders including local MP Starman Chamisa and Godfrey Kurauone(assisting three victims), told ZimEye they were still trapped inside the Matapi police station by the gang.
In the latest development officer in charge of the police station who presided over the arrest of the three -speaking to zimeye.com at 9 p.m. affirming that the 3 complainants were unlawfully arrested.
Insp Jihani affirmed with a confirming “all right, okay.” answering to the question concerning the unlawful arrest.
But why did you arrest the three complainants, the boys who came to file a police report and then you arrest them; is that proper?, ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza asked.
Jihani then replied saying, ” they were identified by complainants saying they are the ones who beat us,” he said.
No, the boys who came to report and where later supported by counsellor Godfrey Kurauone, those guys had come to report that they were assaulted; how can you then arrest them when they have come to make a report?, he was asked.
Jihani replied with an affirmative, “all right, okay.”
To this Simba Chikanza retorted again asking: ” so you do know what happened and now you confidently changed the story right?”
He then became unresponsive and his phone was abruptly cut off.
4 hours ago, the police boss Commissioner Godwin Matanga contacted for a comment, told ZimEye “I will investigate.”
As we are convinced a law is being broken, we hereby display the Officer In Charge’s cellphone on the LIVE video for the purposes of international enforcement. International lawyers are in the way preparing dockets to effect arrest on ZRP cops, and government officials abusing diplomatic impunity who are commiting crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe to get them arrested once they land in foreign lands. VIDEO LOADING BELOW…