{"id":8148,"date":"2025-03-26T08:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8148"},"modified":"2025-03-26T08:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T08:07:38","slug":"zrp-press-statement-22nd-march-2025-police-appeal-for-suspect-luke-zinyengeres-whereabouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zrp.gov.zw\/?p=8148","title":{"rendered":"ZRP PRESS STATEMENT :\t22ND MARCH 2025 &#8211; POLICE APPEAL FOR SUSPECT LUKE ZINYENGERE\u2019S WHEREABOUTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Zimbabwe Republic Police<\/strong>\u00a0confirms that investigations are being conducted in connection with the escape from lawful custody and alleged armed robbery incident of a Mazda Demio vehicle at Harare Magistrate Court on <strong>21<\/strong><strong><sup>st<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0March 2025<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Police is appealing for information which may lead to the arrest of <strong>Luke Zinyengere <\/strong>(<strong>29<\/strong>) who used a pistol and robbed a vehicle to escape from the court after engaging in a shootout with prison officers.<\/p>\n<p>The Police assures the public that comprehensive investigations are underway to establish what actually happened in this incident.<\/p>\n<p>More details will be released in due course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(NYATHI.P) <\/strong>Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Chief Staff Officer <strong>(Press and Public Relations)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>to the<strong>\u00a0Commissioner General of Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Police General Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Republic Police\u00a0confirms that investigations are being conducted in connection with the escape from lawful custody and alleged armed robbery incident of a Mazda Demio vehicle at Harare Magistrate Court on 21st\u00a0March 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-8148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-statements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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