June 2019
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
On 17 June in Bikita East Ward 21, Police officers at Chikuku Police Station refused to help
robbery victims citing that they did not have guns and ammunition to fight robbers. Six men
armed with machetes, steel bars and knives attacked and severely assaulted a couple from the
area robbing them of RTGS $180. The victims' son drove to Chikuku police station to make a
report but police officers refused to move, stating that they had neither guns nor ammunition
to fight robbers. They also refused to provide a police report so that the victims could access
medical assistance from the hospital.
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