Family Of The Man Accidentally Shot By Police In Chinhoyi Demands Compensation

A few weeks ago the police in Chinhoyi open fired on an alleged stolen vehicle and accidentally shot one Julius Zigwe. Zigwe’s family claims he was an innocent passager who had been given a lift in the alleged stolen vehicle, and they want the government to compensate them for their son’s wrongful death.

One of Zigwe’s uncles said this to The Standard;

Our son had nothing to do with the stealing of the vehicle. He was given a lift to Mhangura while coming from ordering bananas in Chinhoyi

Zigwe who was a Banana vendor was travelling in a Toyota Wish that was believed to have been stolen in Harare on 20 June when the police caught up with the driver who wanted to evade arrest by fleeing from the police. Zigwe was shot and killed when the driver tried to flee from the police.

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