Paul Nyathi|The Zimbabwe Peace Project reports that an eight-year-old Mudzi boy in Mashonaland East collapsed and died in fear after being intimidated by First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa’s security details from the Zimbawe National Army presidential guard brigade.

The peace monitoring body made the revelation in its monthly violence monitoring report presented on Wednesday.

ZPP said the unnamed boy died on admission at Kotwa Hospital also in Mudzi.

“One of the cases is a very unfortunate incident where an eight-year boy panicked and collapsed after he and his friends were reportedly intimidated by some army officers who were providing security during the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s visit in Mudzi North in Mashonaland East province,” ZPP said in the report.

Auxillia Mnangagwa has been going around the country in the midst of the Coronavirus lockdown donating food aid including dried vegetables through her Angel of Hope Foundation.

Last month, one of her security details died in a dubious road accident while four others were hospitalised with one of them under police guard on possible accusations of deliberately executing the accident in an alleged attempt to bump the first lady’s vehicle.

The Zimbabwe Peace Project in its report claimed that incidents of intimidation by security details topped the violence during the month under review.

“Of the total number of violations recorded, harassment and intimidation topped the list with 130 incidents while 86 cases of assault were recorded.

“Harare recorded the highest number of violations at 104, followed by Midlands, which had 52 cases. Manicaland, Mashonaland East and Masvingo provinces each recorded 25% of food and other aid violations. Harare, Matabeleland North and Midlands all share 8.33%.”