Cellphone Thief Dies After Being Assaulted By A Mob

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is seeking the relatives of a man who was allegedly killed by a mob on Monday for stealing two cell phones.

In a statement, police said the body of the deceased is currently at Norton Hospital. Reads the statement:

The ZRP is appealing for information which may assist to locate the relatives of a man identified as Tapiwa Moyo (40) who died on 11/07/22 in Norton after he was attacked by a mob for allegedly breaking into a house in Katanga before stealing two cellphones.

The body of the victim is currently at Norton Hospital. Anyone with information to contact ZRP Norton Rural on 0773 924460/ (242) 153 655 or National Complaints Desk on (242) 703631.

In a different case, ZRP Lupane Traffic arrested a pharmacist, Tafadzwa Mudyiwevhu (41) on the 12th of July 2022 for theft of 1 296 family planning pills at Victoria Falls Hospital. The pills were recovered stashed in a Harare-bound bus at a roadblock along Bulawayo- Victoria Falls Road at 120 km peg.

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