Five individuals suspected of armed robbery, posing as passengers, assaulted a Blue Circle bus heading towards Beitbridge in the early hours of yesterday morning. The incident took place at approximately 2:30 am near the Neshuro turn-off within Mwenezi district, approximately 165 km north of Beitbridge.
The robbers had boarded the bus in Harare and later requested to disembark near Neshuro, where an accomplice awaited them. Upon stopping the bus, the assailants, armed with a pistol and knives, coerced the driver to veer off the highway. They proceeded to threaten the passengers, demanding their money and valuables under threat of violence.
Following the robbery, one of the perpetrators fired a warning shot into the air before the group fled into the nearby bush. Roy Gonyora, the director of the bus company, expressed apprehension over drivers not adhering to safety protocols regarding nighttime stops.
While police are yet to verify the specifics, the incident has garnered widespread attention on social media platforms. In response to such incidents, some bus operators have begun employing metal detectors to enhance passenger security, although it remains unclear if such measures were in place on the Blue Circle bus involved in this incident.
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