Nevanji Chiondegwa
Passengers travelling aboard an MBT bus from South Africa were last night robbed of cash by three armed robbers on the 186 peg along the Masvingo-Harare Road.
The 66 passengers were last night robbed of R167 050 and $7367 after three men, who had disguised themselves as genuine travellers in the same bus, suddenly drew out pistols and started shooting at passengers before searching them one-by-one.
According to police the incident occured at the 186km peg along the Harare-Masvingo Highway near Mvuma town around 11pm yesterday.
Three passengers, including the bus driver a Mr Lazarous Mungadzi, were injured.
One female passenger whose name was withheld and was shot in the chest, is reportedly in a critical condition at Gweru Provincial Hospital.
National Police Spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was still to gather the details.
The robbery was reported at Mvuma Police Station.
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