“Robbers” Killed In Gweru Were Actually MDC-T Activists – Report
12 January 2014
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Robbers who were shot and killed by police in Gweru last Wednesday afternoon, were actually innocent MDC-T activists, ZimEye has been told.
One of them Pardon Rumhungwe is actually in the accounting profession, once worked at Harvest House and was now practicing his bookkeeping in Namibia, prominent MDC-T activist Shepherd Yuda told ZimEye.
Records seen by ZimEye show that Rumhungwe was truly in the accounting profession and underwent CIS(Chartered Institute of Secretaries) training courses.
To date the conclusions reached by the police which led them to kill the two men, have not been independently evaluated.
“The police are lying saying there was a shootout, and that the two died in hospital,” alleged Yuda.
He added:

Accountant shot and killed by police in Gweru... Pardon Mumhungwe
Accountant shot and killed by police in Gweru… Pardon Rumhungwe

“They are now claiming that they did this and that, how did they know them? Pardon had actually come from Namibia and was on a short accounting assignment in the country,”  said Yuda.
He added saying that to date the police have not even informed relatives.
“They haven’t even informed the man’s relatives, ” Yuda said.
He however did not speak about the other man killed alongside Rumhungwe.
Efforts to reach Gweru police station were fruitless at the time of writing.
When contacted Saturday, the MDC-T’s spokesman Douglas Mwonzora said the party was not aware at present but would investigate what took place and then issue a statement afterwards.
The pair — Knowledge Dawa, also known as Knox, and Pardon Zvirimumoyo Rumhungwe — were shot and killed while trying to flee from detectives who had cornered them in the Gweru central business district. According to sources who spoke to SouthernEye, a high speed car chase ensued when the so called ‘robbers’ realised that they had been spotted and it ended with their violent death in the industrial area of Gweru after they were shot by the pursuing detectives. Dawa was shot in the pelvis, while Rumungwe was shot in the abdomen and died on their way to Gweru General Hospital after implicating two others. Dawa and Rumungwe were tracked to Gweru after detectives in Bulawayo had arrested their alleged accomplice, Author Jappa (43), an employee of Kingdom Bank in the city, who is the police’s only witness and who guided the detectives to where they were.

29 Replies to ““Robbers” Killed In Gweru Were Actually MDC-T Activists – Report”

  1. Shouldn’t it be reading like “Robers shot in Gweru also MDC activists”. The word ‘innocent’ for now falls away until proven otherwise.

  2. the writer of this article smokes dagga being an activist does nt mean u are not a criminal.lf innocent ,wy runnin away frm e police

  3. Mdc is lost now. This is an open issue where armed robbers were killed. Dnt confuse the pple bcoz u want to serve yo selfish interests. Shoot to kill, i urge my ZRP brothers and sisters.

  4. If its true Dr. Gono robbed RBZ and then tries to run away whn police try to interview him and then gets a bullet in the brain in the process, shall we say Ahh why have the police shot and killed a Dr?

  5. This story is NOT balanced at all!!…it seems to suggest that just by the mere fact of being an accountant one can’t be crooked!! Haven’t we seen that anybody, from lawyers, doctors, accountants, teachers, mechanics, nurses, drivers, cops, and oh yes, even pastors can be crooked?!
    For another thing, if the guys were really innocent why did they run away?!

  6. Pardon was actually an armed robber we where together at Chinhoyi prison and was released sometime in september 2012 and he once served at chikurubi maxmum

  7. don’t defend robbers…a robber can come from any profession you stupid…do you think that a robber is someone who has no qualifications…professionals are also committe thuggury…..this what is happening now in Zimbabwe,accountants are now caught doing illicit games…so,be intelligent my brother…

  8. Am suspecting police incompetency, ndakambosangana nazvo muGweru ndikaposa ndaurawa, these guys r trigger happy plus vanotya ivo pachavo, i thnk they need proper training hativabatsire kuti vatibatsire

  9. ZRP will account for any armed crime unless it is politically backed or protected by Zanupf. They do not just look at a person and suspect then kill. They investigate and link the names to the crime until they have reasonable evidence that the individual did commit the crime. And before shooting to eliminate the try to arrest. The police do this believe you me. People who engage in armed crime in Zimbabwe condemn themselves to death and this has to continue. Zimbabweans appreciate this and are behind the police. There are thousands of “innocent” MDC-T supporters and they are not gunned down. Those who do armed robbery do no deserve any mercy whether they are political activists or not. Thank you ZRP for rising to the occasion.

  10. guys, people of zimbabwe, why cant you appreciate good work of your policeforce? sometimes you say there is no law. when pple rob houses at gun point you says nothing is being done to stop that. now here is a case where a home had been robbed in Byo. one suspect is caughtin BYo and he implicates his friends in Gweru. the force decide to pursue them and find them. infect they corner them. the suspects decide to escape. they refuse to stop. what did you really expect them to do? to let them go? eh? to let them just GO? .Plz, we need goog zimbabwe. if you are agenuine, facing the truth as it is, you would asking why so called innocent pple, were trying to escape. robbery is not about political part. but a crime against the pple. we dont want it.we hate it. so if they were not the culprits, then sory. but they were to blame.

  11. Nyaya nonzi suspects who were on wanted list, or robbers who robbed standard bank au square and fled in a…… Have been shot dead. Manje pedzeredzai nyaya otherwise you confuse people. Tipe nyaya yese.

  12. Good job ZRP…MDC SPONSORED ROBBERS GUNNED DOWN……sounds mo lyk it…dubula amasela…CG of police warned u tht our reliable..efficient n effective detectives will shoot to kill as policy…..try them n yo kith wil help u rest 6 feet under! Bury yo garbage quietly!Good riddance to trash!ZRP…U ARE JUST TOO GOOD.ve nver felt safer anywhr else but my Zim.

  13. thumps up for the police. Here we are not concerned about their political affiliations but the here is of their criminal activities. Qualifications are nothing when it comes to prove one’s innocence. The problem is dat politicians have now corrupted minds they thing every incident is linked to political affilitions. Remeber these shooters are from intelligence, which proves that they could have gathered enough intel to make an arrest thats why were running away. Robbers in zim are nw intergrating syles from SA, and the police should exercise whatever that is within their powers to protect us.. There is no wr in zim the forces are jus trying to protect us.

  14. people in plain clothes can be thieves hence these guys had a reason to run away. Zrp are blood suckers deployed by bloody and satanist regime.

  15. Put in another way you are saying these robbers were also mdc activists. State your case, all those qualifications mean nothing. There are robbers with even higher qualifications than the mere CIS mentioned.

  16. Innocents don’t run away from police. Being an MDC activist doesn’t make someone a saint. Please stop stirring people’s emotions!!!!

  17. If you happen to be in diaspora and have greedy and jealous relatives who want christmas boxes at any visit, these things may happen. A cruel relative can give police a wrong tip. There are those who don’t have who try by all means possible to stop rising stars.
    Is there any evidence that warant killing or the killings were done based on hear-say?

  18. Please don’t confuse us Is it Mumhungwe or Rumhungwe who was shot We thought it was said to be the later

  19. The partisan hit squad also known as zrp have cliamed more victims. This is murder. senior zrp house negroes are accountable for this

  20. Were,these robbers armed,to warrent being shot at?Did the police recover any guns on the scene?..lets have detailed news guyz..eish

  21. What is an accountant. even bank managers can rob the bank and you dont run away from police for nothing

  22. the case shows reasonable grounds to suspect that these where robbers, they cld hv surrendered themselves upon realisation that they where caught

  23. chii chavakanga vaba to prove that they were robers apa muchisiya marobers chaiwo anoba maridzavanhu masikati voisa mumabin

  24. The quality of policing in the country has deteriorated significantly since independence. Guns are now being carried around as though Zimbabwe is at war. Get a life!

  25. so why did they run away from police, if innocent 4 sho they could have cleared their names procedurally; who does not know police use live amo?

  26. You mean being an MDC activist exonerates one from being a robber or thief. Don’t mix up your facts!!!!!!

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