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*Kombi Driver Arrested, Faces 4 Charges - Police*

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A kombi driver who fled from a security checkpoint near Juru Growth Point resulting in a high-speed chase with police early this week has been arrested.

Nyasha Sawada (28) was carrying passengers in a kombi en route to Harare in violation of lockdown regulations. He faces four charges after his attempted escape resulted in the shooting and killing of a passenger and critical injuries to another by police.

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Below is the full text of a statement issued by police about the fateful incident, Sawada’s arrest and the charges he is facing:

> SHOOTING INCIDENT INVOLVING A KOMBI AT JURU SHOPPING CENTRE ON 23RD SEPTEMBER 2020

> The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested a suspect, Nyasha Sawada (28) in connection with the fatal incident where a person died and another is currently admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital.

> Nyasha Sawada was driving a Toyota Hiace Kombi with no registration number plates and carrying passengers to Harare when he diverted route and passed through Gletwin suburb.

> He was denied entry at a boom gate by guards resulting in a scuffle. The guards were overpowered and they alerted the owner of the premises who then made a police report at a nearby checkpoint.

> A high-speed chase ensued resulting in a shootout but the kombi driver did not stop despite the injury to some passengers.

> On approaching Juru Growth Point, the driver drove into Dzvete dust road for about seven kilometres and dumped all passengers before speeding away.

> One of the passengers, a female adult was pronounced dead on arrival at Musami Hospital.

> The other passenger was quickly transferred to Parirenyatwa Hospital. The kombi driver is being charged for: –

Malicious Damage to Property,
Contravening Section 43 [1] [a] of the Road Traffic Act Chapter 13:11; “Fail to obey instruction given by police”,
Contravening Section 4 [2] of Statutory Instrument 83/2020; “Operating Public Transport without exemption”, and
Contravening Section 70 [2] [b] [iii] of the Road Traffic Act Chapter 13:11; “Fail to render assistance to an injured person”.

> The owner of the kombi will be questioned in order to establish why the kombi had no number plates and operating in contravention of national lockdown laws.

> The Zimbabwe Republic Police is deeply saddened by this tragic incident and urges kombi owners to be exemplary and law-abiding citizens.

> We implore them to inculcate good conduct in their drivers at all times.

> The Zimbabwe Republic Police assures the public that full-scale investigations to look at the whole incident are in progress.

> [NYATHI. P] Assistant Commissioner 
Senior Staff Officer (Press, Public and International Relations] 
To the Commissioner-General of Police Police General Headquarters

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