Chivhu soldier killer named

POLICE have named Elphas Jani (20) of Gutu, now deceased, as one of the gunmen who shot and killed Lance Corporal Lorance Mupanganyama, and injured Corporal Peter Zvirevo, in Chivhu last Saturday.

Police are yet to identify Jani’s accomplice who was also killed by security officers in a follow-up joint operation on Sunday at Waterbury Farm, about 15km from Chivhu town along the Chivhu-Gutu Highway.

A leaked police internal memorandum seen by NewsDay revealed that Jani was found with an identity card, registration number is 27-241627-N 27, in his trousers pocket.

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