Zimbabwe: Zinasu Says Three Students Murdered Along Airport Road Harare

The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) claims 3 students from the University of Zimbabwe were murdered by unknown assailants along airport road in Harare's Hatfield suburb. The incident allegedly took place Wednesday, but ZINASU was only recently able to piece the information together. One student died on the spot, while two others passed away the following day. A fourth student is said to have survived the attack but is in a coma and struggling for life in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital. The victims were all coming from writing exams on campus in Mount Pleasant and fell prey to the assailants after failing to secure transport to their temporary accommodation in Hatfield. A new law slashing prices by half has decimated most business sectors, including the transport industry, and led many operators to withdraw their vehicles.

One of the students was buried over the weekend and a prayer service held for him at St Joseph's parish in Hatfield on Sunday. ZINASU coordinator Washington Katema told Newsreel they are still trying to piece together details of the case and have already dispatched a team to try and investigate further. He said the students are currently facing accommodation problems after over 4000 were evicted from their halls of residence on the 9th July. UZ authorities have since defied a High Court order reversing the evictions.

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