A Bulawayo woman, Constance Tshuma, has taken the police to court demanding $10 000 compensation after a Plumtree police officer, allegedly shot her on the leg while pursuing a vehicle which was suspected to be carrying smuggled goods. Tshuma was a passenger in a Granvia vehicle whose driver ignored police orders to stop in November 2014.
She told Plumtree magistrate, Mr Taurai Manwere yesterday that a bullet went through her right foot and pierced her left foot and that police did not fire warning shots first before opening fire on the car that was travelling along the Bulawayo-Plumtree road. Tshuma said she was demanding $10 000 as reimbursement for medical expenses and inconveniences caused by the incident and said she was supposed to undergo further treatment for the injuries she sustained.
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