{"id":3521,"date":"2024-07-31T07:28:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T07:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=3521"},"modified":"2024-07-31T09:20:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T09:20:43","slug":"harare-man-robbed-of-us7000-after-being-pepper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=3521","title":{"rendered":"Harare Man Robbed of US$7,000 After Being Pepper Sprayed."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Own Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Harare man fell victim to a brutal robbery yesterday, losing US$7,000 to three attackers who used pepper spray to incapacitate him as he relieved himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was on my way to the airport when I asked the taxi driver to stop so I could use the bathroom,&#8221; the victim recounted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Little did I know, it was a setup. The next thing I knew, I was being pepper sprayed and attacked.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred near the intersection of Simon Muzenda Street and Kenneth Kaunda Avenue, as the man was en route to Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The robbers were ruthless,&#8221; the victim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They took advantage of me when I was most vulnerable. I&#8217;m still trying to come to terms with what happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National police spokesperson, Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed the incident and assured that investigations are underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We take incidents like these very seriously,&#8221; Nyathi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We urge anyone with information to come forward and assist us in bringing the perpetrators to justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The taxi driver and robbers remain at large, leaving the victim shaken and determined to see justice served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Own Correspondent A Harare man fell victim to a brutal robbery yesterday, losing US$7,000 to three attackers who used pepper spray to incapacitate him as he relieved himself. &#8220;I was&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3579,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}