Court set ablaze

Court records and office property worth thousands of dollars were gutted by fire at Masvingo Magistrates’ Court after the records office was reportedly torched by unidentified arsonists yesterday morning.

Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tinaye Matake said preliminary investigations showed that the arsonists gained entry into the court premises after cutting the perimeter fence, and went through the accounts department before torching the records office.

“We are still investigating the case, but preliminary indications show that the unknown arsonists cut the court’s fence and attempted to enter into the accounts office before they burnt the documents,” he said.

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