The family of Sylvia Matambo-Maphosa (52) one of the six people who died after the army was deployed to contain violent protests by opposition supporters on Wednesday, has alleged that officers from the army and the police warned the family not to talk to the media. The family was also ordered not to politicise the matter. Matambo-Maphosa did after she was shot in the back. Her nephew Fungai spoke to NewsDay saying,
But why come to our homes when they have already killed our relative. We were shocked to see them here while a helicopter was hovering in the sky. We are living in fear. She lived here and never at any time did she get involved in politics. She was not in any party structure but died because of a reckless soldier. It’s bad and sad.
National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confessed ignorance of the matter saying,
…I will need to find out with the Harare team if they dispatched anyone to do what they are alleging.
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