BULAWAYO
–
A
34-year-old
female
police
detective
died
from
gunshot
wounds
in
a
confrontation
with
armed
robbery
suspects
in
Bulawayo’s
Pumula
South
suburb
on
Thursday
night.
Cassandra
Hove
was
shot
dead
in
the
Habek
area
at
around
9PM
as
she
and
colleagues
from
the
Criminal
Investigations
Department’s
Homicide
division
pursued
a
gang
wanted
for
armed
robbery.
She
was
a
member
of
an
all-female
team
of
detectives
known
within
the
police
as
Team
Lozikeyi,
named
after
Ndebele
queen
Lozikeyi
Dlodlo,
who
was
one
of
King
Lobengula’s
wives.
Police
chief
Commissioner
General
Stephen
Mutamba
expressed
his
condolences
to
the
Hove
family
and
has
ordered
a
comprehensive
review
of
her
death
in
the
shooting,
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said.
Law
enforcement
sources
said
the
suspect
in
Hove’s
killing
was
still
on
the
run
as
of
Friday
but
police
were
holding
three
men
in
connection
with
her
death.
They
are
due
to
appear
in
court
on
Saturday.
Police
have
launched
an
appeal
for
information
over
the
police
officer’s
killing.
Hove,
who
was
born
in
Mberengwa
on
November
5,
1990,
was
a
mother
of
three
daughters
and
a
boy.
Friends
said
Hove
had
been
actively
pursuing
a
career
away
from
the
police,
possibly
in
banking,
after
recently
gaining
qualifications
in
forensic
accounting.
Do
you
have
information
about
the
whereabouts
of
Detective
Constable
Cassandra
Hove’s
killer?
Call
the
police
on
0242703631
or
WhatsApp
+263712800197