Desire Mangena (22) was arrested for murder at Gokwe Police Station where he had gone to make a false robbery report against his two alleged accomplices only identified as Timothy alias Terrence and Dion.
Speaking to The Chronicle, Acting Midlands province police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed Mangena’s arrest in connection with the killing of a man on June 14 at Rutendo shopping centre in Redcliff. Said Assistant Inspector Mukwende:
On June 14 Mangena and his two accomplices known as Timothy alias Terrence and Dion went to Rutendo shopping centre in Redcliff where they found the now deceased Mr Leopold Muchana Moyo drinking beer at Big-bar club. The three had a misunderstanding with Mr Moyo resulting in them assaulting him with machetes all over his body. After committing the offence they fled from the scene leaving him lying on the ground bleeding.
A day after committing the murder, Mangena went to Gokwe Police Station and reported he had been robbed by two men after boarding a Toyota Wish from Kwekwe to Gokwe. Mangena identified himself to the police as Admire Sibanda of Mkoba in Gweru. Investigations were made and it was discovered that the Mkoba address he had given did not exist.
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