Terrence Mawawa, Shurugwi| A member of the police constabulary section has been killed in a beerhall brawl after attempting to arrest four men who were wreaking havoc.
The member of the Neighbourhood Watch Committee(NWC), who was identified as Constable Muzira, went to the controversial “Rumours beerhall” in the company of a work colleague, Constable Kajuzi, to confront four men who were causing commotion in the premises.
Police have since arrested Taboth and Thamsanqa Sibanda-respectively in connection with the murder incident, ZimEye is told.
Two other suspects are on the run.
According to court documents, the four men were at the beerhall where they began to indiscriminately assault patrons. Muzira and Kajuzi approached the four men to effect an arrest on them.
In response however, the men began attacking the two officers with machetes, stones and booted feet. During the melee, the deceased was stabbed on the left side of the chest and died on the spot while Kajuzi was seriously injured.
Although two of the four suspects were arrested, local residents were unhappy with the slow reaction of members of the regular police force. “We did not see even a single member of the regular police force when the two were attacked.
“The police only came to investigate the matter hours later. The police camp is only a few kilometres from the beerhall ,” fumed an angry resident.
The two were remanded in custody to April 22 by Magistrate Evia Matura. They are also assisting the police with investigations.