National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed and said investigations were in progress.

“The ZRP is investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 32-year- old woman whose body was found lying in a maize field in Get Bucks area, Waterfalls with some bruises on the knees and a cut on the nose. A Huawei cell-phone and a plastic bag containing $210 and US$1 cash were found on the scene,” he said.

This comes barely a week after a 31-year-old woman was shot during an armed robbery in Waterfalls. The woman was trying to defend an older woman when the armed robber shot her in the head. Only US$60 and cellphones were stolen. Recently a Murehwa man killed his daughter to avoid paying maintenance worth US$30.

There have been reports that seven people lost over US$17 000 cash, cars and property worth over US$9 000 and R248 000 to armed robbers who ambushed them in separate incidents countrywide.

These incidents include; a house robbery in Chitungwiza which involved 2 men armed with a black pistol and iron bar, a car robbery in Norton, a car robbery on the Masvingo-Beitbridge road, a mushikashika robbery along Chiremba Rd in Harare.

This is a lot of crime in one week considering these are just the cases that made it on the news. A concerning element is the increasing use of guns. When Prophet Magaya’s house was searched, other houses were searched and a man named Ashref Kara was arrested for being in possession of four guns in Avondale West.

The criminal activity in Zimbabwe is really concerning. Could it be the bad economic situation? Surely we would have experienced the same in 2008? There is also a rise in drug abuse and everyone knows where there are drugs there is also terrible criminal activity.

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The woman was murdered in cold blood after she tried to stop the robber from assaulting an elderly woman with a stick.

According to the statement (full statement below):

“The Zimbabwe Republic Police is appealing to the public to assist with information in connection with an armed robbery and murder case, in which a 31-year-old woman was shot dead by an unknown male suspect in Waterfalls, Harare on 9 March 2022 at around 0100 hours,”

The armed suspect stormed into the house through an unlocked door and demanded cash from the three occupants. He was given US$60, an iTel 16 and Huawei cellphones. The suspect was not happy and he decided to demand more whilst assaulting a 78-year-old woman with a stick. The 31-year-old woman was then shot whilst trying to defend the older woman.

According to a post on the “Zvemu Zimbabwe” page on Facebook (pic above), a man has been arrested for the crime. The police had expressed in their statement that they would employ all means necessary to bring the armed robber to justice. Many are hurt by the events and feel like the woman died in vain as the money and phones that were stolen were not worth the loss of life.

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