Zimbabwe: 'Prophet' On Robbery Spree

23 September 2014

Police have bust a six-man armed robbery gang led by a "bogus" prophet who reportedly insisted on visiting his unsuspecting targets' homes for "prayers" before unleashing his gang on them. During the visits, the prophet would assess the security set-up at these people's homes and how best to pounce on them. The Harare Magistrates' Court heard yesterday that Moreblessing Zinyawu (24), a prophet with an apostolic church, would give people false prophesies of an imminent robbery attack and claimed to have powers to reverse such attacks.

He would advise the victims to comply with the robber's demands if ever the prophecy is not reversed, saying he was seeing death coming.

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