Zimbabwe: Security Personnel Implicated in Armed Robberies

13 April 2021

Armed robberies have involved members of the security sector but more resources have been allocated to hunt down the robbery gangs and police will fire back when suspects use force to resist arrest, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe told the Senate last week.

The Minister told senators in response to questions last Thursday: "It is indeed true that most of these cases of armed robberies are being done by armed men and women from the police force as well as the army.

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