Tracker On SA-registered Car Leads Police To Macheke Armed Robbers
A South African tracking firm led the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to suspected armed robbers who had shot dead a 10-month-old baby in Macheke last month.
According to a South African news website, News24, the KwaZulu-Natal-registered Toyota Fortuner with personalised registration plates was stolen from its owner who was on holiday in Murewa, located about 75km north-east of Harare.
The suspects drove off with the car after robbing its owner of US$500 (R8 000) and R15 000.
The alleged robbers then pounced on a family in Macheke, 50km from where the car was stolen and used the stolen vehicle as their getaway car.
It was in Macheke that the suspects raided a home and killed an infant and wounded its mother on her lower left breast.
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The robbers opened fire after the baby’s father, who was armed, shot twice at the robbers but missed. Six of the robbers were eventually arrested.
A South African tracking company provided the ZRP with the stolen Toyota Fortuner’s coordinates that helped the police track down the robbers. ZRP said in a statement:
The ZRP confirms the arrest of Blessing Banda, 25, and Tinashe Mungadza, 38, for theft of a motor vehicle case, leading to the recovery of a Toyota Fortuner vehicle that was stolen from South Africa.
The suspects were intercepted at a traffic checkpoint at the 333km peg of the Harare-Chirundu Road on 28 December after they had affixed a Zimbabwean registration plate and licence belonging to a Ford Ranger vehicle.
