THE ZIMBABWE
PEACE PROJECT
Two soldiers who shot and killed two men in Chisuma area just
outside Victoria Falls werearrested while angry villagers allegedly
torched a house belonging to a businessman who they accused of
working in cahoots with security forces in terrorising members of the
community.
The soldiers identified as Bernard Sibanda and Bonang Nare both
stationed at 1.2 Infantry Battalion in Hwange are expected to appear
in court facing murder charges, police investigators confirmed Friday.
It is only in
a lawless
country
that people
are
summarily
killed.
The shooting incident happened at Chisuma Business Centre where
Sibanda and Nare had been deployed in the area for Covid-19
lockdown operations including border control to prevent crossborder smuggling.
In light of this, ZPP urges government to ensure that the security of
persons is guaranteed.
Soldiers should not be involved in civilian affairs, neither should they
be part of the public life as they belong to the barracks. The security
sector reform recommendations by the Motlanthe Commission of
Inquiry should be fully implemented inorder to prevent extra judicial
killings of unarmed civilians.
ZPP urges the police to scale up their operations to end the scourge
of machete violence as it has the potential to drive the country into
anarchy.