MASVINGO –Several passengers of a South Africa bound bus are admitted at Masvingo General Hospital after they were stabbed, paper sprayed, and stripped of valuables by six armed robbers last night.

Police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa could not be immediately reached for a comment. 

Sources quoted by The Mirror said the Boundary Express bus was attacked by a six men gang armed with pistols, machetes and knives near Mushagashe Business Centre at around midnight near the Masvingo-Harare tollgate.

The armed robbers stabbed several passengers before stripping them of their valuables.

The Mirror could not immediately establish the number of admitted passengers.

The bus was coming from Harare and it is parked at Masvingo Central Police.

ZimEye on Monday afternoon is running a live program to check on victims.