Staff Reporter| Residents of Gwanda were treated to a free street drama on Friday morning when five members of ZANU PF fiercely fought for thirty grammes of gold in broad daylight.
Led by a known female ZANU PF leader attached to the Women In Mining ZANU PF affiliated organisation, the gang of five witnessed by ZimEye.com exchanged heavy blows on each other allegedly after the woman in question and her son failed to disclose all the gold realised after some digging.
The woman and her son are alleged to have failed to disclose a thirty grammes of gold loot.
The other three who are men party to the loot managed to follow the woman and her son to Gwanda town before they could sale the gold and confiscated it from the son whereon a fierce fight broke out. The fight which was taking place just ten metres from the Gwanda Prison complex got so bloody that within a few minutes of start the five people involved had caused intensive damage on each other which could equate to twelve rounds of boxing with Mike Tyson.
The physical war quickly attracted a large crowd of onlookers from the nearby taxi rank as the five brutally bashed each other for the good loot. Sensing danger, one of the five who had the gold in his pocket managed to break loose from the woman and made good his escape running to the Prison complex main gate where he sought refuge. The other four not to be out done followed the escaping man and all made their way into the Prison complex with the crowd in hot pursuit hoping to snatch the gold away.
The Prison officers at the complex opened the gates for the five and quickly locked the gate. The crowd followed trying to pull the Prison gates down. Sensing further trouble, the prisons department released their anti riot team in full gear to displace the crowd.
Members of the police were quickly called in and they soon whisked the five to the police station. No details could immediately be opened from police files on what happened to the five and none to ascertain if they have been charged for any offence.