HARARE
–
Five
Selous
police
officers
face
murder
after
they
used
electric
cables
and
open
hands
in
repeated
attacks
of
a
woman
from
whom
they
were
trying
to
induce
confession
for
allegedly
stealing
US$100
from
one
of
them.
The
police
officers
are
named
in
court
papers
as
Gerald
Mupandawana
Makore,
38,
Nicola
Kadonzvo,
28,
Judith
Mangando,
45,
Tafadzwa
Gerald
Madzima,
22,
and
Tavonga
Munoda
who
is
aged
21.
The
deceased
assault
victim
was
named
as
Ruvimbo
Kamugwala.
Prosecutors
claim
that
on
17
July
2024,
at
Plot
26
Parl,
Selous,
the
now
deceased
Ruvimbo
Kamugwala
was
tasked
by
Kadonzvo
to
clean
her
home
at
Plot
26
Parl,
Selous.
Kadonzvo
later
discovered
her
US$100
that
was
in
her
house
was
missing.
“She
teamed
up
with
the
first
(Makore)
and
third
accused
person
(Mangando)
and
started
interrogating
the
now
deceased,”
reads
a
statement
by
the
National
Prosecuting
Authority
(NPA).
“They
assaulted
her
with
switches,
electric
cables
and
open
hands.”
They
were
joined
at
a
police
base
to
attack
the
now
deceased
by
Madzima
and
Munoda
who
allegedly
used
a
button
stick,
forcing
her
to
confess
she
stole
and
gave
the
money
to
a
friend
who
however
denied
the
allegations
when
approached.
The
now
deceased
later
said
that
she
had
hidden
the
money
at
her
home
but
nothing
was
also
found.
This
led
to
further
acts
of
assault
which
ended
with
the
police
officers
detaining
her
for
theft.
“The
now-deceased
died
the
following
morning
as
the
first
and
second
accused
persons
were
dragging
her
to
consult
a
prophet,”
NPA
said.
The
murder
accused
police
officers
were
all
brought
before
a
Norton
magistrate
who
remanded
them
in
custody
to
1
August
2024.
They
were
advised
to
apply
for
bail
at
the
High
Court.