The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the escalation of murder cases in the country with 16 cases having been recorded from the 13th to the 16th of August 2020, a space of six days.

Two of the cases were patricide where two fathers were murdered by their sons over what the police said were petty disputes.

The police discouraged gatherings during this lockdown period saying most of the murder cases are happening during illegal beer drinking sprees.

Read below the full police statement;