CID arrest Masvingo Mirror editor over story on police response to murder
MASVINGO – Police from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Masvingo have arrested Mirror Editor, Garikai Mafirakureva for publishing a story which they claim would damage the image of the ZRP and senior Masvingo CID officers.
According to a Police statement, Mafirakureva published a story where a brother of a prominent Muchakata businessman Nyasha Machaya allegedly stabbed and killed a patron at the businessman’s bar at the weekend. The accused is Thomas Machaya but Nyasha is also implicated in the case.
Villagers who reported the matter to The Mirror expressed the fear that Police may sweep the case under the carpet because some CID officers were close to the Machayas.