Guard dies after attack at city lodge

Journalist specializing in criminal affairs

A security guard has died while nine of his colleagues were injured after being attacked by a gang of unknown assailants at a lodge in Ardbennie, Harare.

Liberty Chinembiri (24) was with his colleagues at the time of the attack on Tuesday. No arrests have been made since and investigations are ongoing.

National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the incident happened at a lodge along Iford Road, Ardbennie, Waterfalls.

“A security guard, Liberty Chinembiri, aged 24, was attacked by unknown assailants while on duty with nine other security guards and was found with multiple injuries behind the lodge. He was taken to Sally Mugabe Hospital where he died on arrival,” he said.

In another incident, five Wedza men were arrested on charges of killing a mentally ill patient after accusing him of destroying a wooden door and the rearview mirror of a vehicle belonging to one of the suspects.

The incident happened at Chihowa village on Saturday and the victim Cadillac Njodzi (37) died after being admitted to hospital.

Commissioner Nyathi said Peter Mandeya, aged 65, Simbarashe Mandeya, aged 40, Felix Chigodora, aged 24, Brain Mandeya, aged 21, and Munashe Chigodora, aged 25, assaulted a mental patient, Cadillac Njodzi, aged 37, with switches and kicked him all over his body.

“This was after the victim destroyed a wooden door and rear view mirror of a Nissan Hardbody vehicle at the home of Peter Mandeya on August 30, 2024, in Chihowa village, Svosve, Wedza. The victim died on Saturday in hospital,” he said.

Harare police are investigating a road accident on the Harare-Bulawayo road on Saturday in which a pedestrian was injured after being hit by a Toyota Hiace Kombi, registration number ABZ 2624. The driver rushed the victim to Parirenyatwa Hospital Group for treatment and disappeared before reporting the accident. A manhunt has since been launched for the driver.