By Dorrothy Moyo | The Zimbabwe Republic Police, ZRP, has spoken dismissing a report of alleged machete gang attack on Chinhoyi University of Technology students as claimed by a whatsapp audio which is being narrated by a certain man who claims to be a parent of a student at CUT.

In a statement the police force said:

The correct position is that two suspects, one believed to be a former student and another man went to “W” hostel at the northern side of the premises and stole two laptops between 3am and 5am today.

The suspects gained entry through an unlocked door and a student who discovered the offence said one of them is a former student. No students were attacked, abused or had food taken as falsely claimed in the whatsapp audio.

Police are now investigating the theft case. Let us be responsible in our quest to break news through whatsapp.