{"id":7490,"date":"2024-03-15T15:02:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/zrpnew\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:03:50","slug":"zrp-press-statement-19th-january-2024-arrest-of-samuel-honde-in-macheke-for-kidnapping-25-learners-at-david-livingstone-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490","title":{"rendered":"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :19th\u00a0JANUARY 2024 &#8211; ARREST OF SAMUEL HONDE IN MACHEKE FOR KIDNAPPING 25 LEARNERS AT DAVID LIVINGSTONE PRIMARY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0confirms the arrest of <strong>Samuel Honde (60) <\/strong>at the <strong>103<\/strong>\u00a0kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Road, Macheke<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for kidnapping <strong>25 learners<\/strong>\u00a0at David Livingstone Primary School on <strong>18<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0January 2024.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The arrest follows a tip-off received by ZRP Macheke from \u00a0a passer-by that there was a Nissan Caravan kombi registration number, <strong>AFN 0198,<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0with children on board parked by the road side. The informant suspected foul play as some of the children were crying.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations by the Police established that the suspect had parked the vehicle after it had ran out of fuel. It was established that the suspect was contracted by various parents, since <strong>2016<\/strong>, to ferry learners to and from David Livingstone Primary School to their homes in greater Harare.<\/p>\n<p>On <strong>18<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0January 2024<\/strong>\u00a0at around <strong>1300 hours<\/strong>, the suspect picked <strong>25 <\/strong>learners (<strong>14<\/strong>\u00a0girls and <strong>11<\/strong>\u00a0boys) at the school \u00a0and drove towards Macheke instead of driving the learners to their respective homes in Kuwadzana and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>The learners have since been reunited with their parents after they were referred to Marondera Provincial Hospital for medical examination.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are in progress to establish the motive behind the kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0warns parents and guardians to ensure their representatives are present as children are picked to and from school by contracted transporters. The representatives will assist to monitor the movement of the hired transporters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(NYATHI. P)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Assistant Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Senior Staff Officer <strong>[Press \u00a0and Public Relations]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the <strong>Commissioner General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0confirms the arrest of Samuel Honde (60) at the 103\u00a0kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Road, Macheke\u00a0for kidnapping 25 learners\u00a0at David Livingstone Primary School on 18th\u00a0January 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :19th\u00a0JANUARY 2024 - ARREST OF SAMUEL HONDE IN MACHEKE FOR KIDNAPPING 25 LEARNERS AT DAVID LIVINGSTONE PRIMARY - Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :19th\u00a0JANUARY 2024 - ARREST OF SAMUEL HONDE IN MACHEKE FOR KIDNAPPING 25 LEARNERS AT DAVID LIVINGSTONE PRIMARY - Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0confirms the arrest of Samuel Honde (60) at the 103\u00a0kilometre peg along Harare-Mutare Road, Macheke\u00a0for kidnapping 25 learners\u00a0at David Livingstone Primary School on 18th\u00a0January 2024.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zimbabwe Republic Police\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T15:02:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-15T15:03:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ZimEmbassy Addis Ababa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490\",\"name\":\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :19th\u00a0JANUARY 2024 - ARREST OF SAMUEL HONDE IN MACHEKE FOR KIDNAPPING 25 LEARNERS AT DAVID LIVINGSTONE PRIMARY - Zimbabwe Republic Police\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-15T15:02:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-15T15:03:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/#\/schema\/person\/285ca7de4472faadf4ea9922ff58da91\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=7490#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :19th\u00a0JANUARY 2024 &#8211; 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