Touts Kidnap And Bash Cop, Leave Him For Dead
Four touts from Harare appeared before a Harare magistrate on Friday morning facing kidnapping and attempted murder charges after they allegedly kidnapped a police officer, assaulted and left him for dead on Wednesday.
The four, Jonathan Tambama, George Nhodza, Taddy Kufazvinei and Anyway Chapasuka appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi who remanded them in custody to 1 July.
The States alleges that on 16 June this year, the four were touting for passengers in Harare’s Central Business District when Sergeant Piyasi who was in the company of four other police officers attempted to arrest them.
The four accused allegedly grabbed the police officer, shoved him into an unregistered Toyota Wish vehicle and drove off. Liberty Nhodza who was driving the vehicle is still at large.
The four touts then assaulted the police officer with an iron bar, clenched fists and booted feet and shoved his head and forced him beneath the seats of the vehicle until he fell unconscious.
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They allegedly dumped him somewhere between Epworth and Sunway City on the outskirts of Harare.
The police officer was rescued by a passerby, who took him to Central Police Station.
The officer was taken to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where he was admitted pending treatment.
He sustained a swollen face, swollen limbs and a suspected fractured arm.
