Passenger Shot At Police Roadblock After Driver Fails To Stop

The police are reported to have shot 30-year-old Loveness Chiriseri after the Honda Fit she was travelling in failed to stop at a roadblock. The roadblock was mounted at along Seke Road near St Marys in Chitungwiza. Chiriseri said the police officer fired two shots, one of which hit her backside. Speaking to NewsDay, Chiriseri said,

I don’t know where the other shot went, but the second hit the car seat and my right buttock…The police are behaving like nothing happened. I am paying for my medical bills and they have not even made an effort to find out what happened to me. I am suffering emotionally and financially owing to actions of a trigger-happy police officer.

The driver of the vehicle was Lloyd Sibanda was arrested and charged with failure to comply with police instruction. He is out on bail.

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