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10-17-2005, 09:57 PM
Monday 17 October, 2005 HEADLINES
Gangs raid, rob farms in hungry Zimbabwe
author/source:Reuters
published:Mon 17-Oct-2005
posted on this site:Mon 17-Oct-2005
Article Type : News
Thieves, moving in bands of between 60 and 80 people, have conducted night raids of farms over the last three months, dividing themselves into groups to attack security guards and their dogs and to dig up potatoes
Harare - Gangs of township thieves, armed with spears, clubs and axes, have been robbing two farms near Harare of potatoes for months as Zimbabwe struggles with hunger and a crumbling economy. The thieves, moving in bands of between 60 and 80 people, have conducted night raids of the farms over the last three months, dividing themselves into groups to attack security guards and their dogs and to dig up the potatoes, Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Monday. The daily quoted a police spokesman as saying the latest raid took place on Saturday. Farm guards were injured and five dogs killed during the robberies by gangs armed with spears, knives, metal rods, axes and knobkerries. Police were not immediately available for comment. But the Herald said police have deployed plainclothes officers into the farms, which in one raid lost 1,000 bags of potatoes and have suffered losses estimated at Z$1 billion.
More on this Story (http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=12977)
Gangs raid, rob farms in hungry Zimbabwe
author/source:Reuters
published:Mon 17-Oct-2005
posted on this site:Mon 17-Oct-2005
Article Type : News
Thieves, moving in bands of between 60 and 80 people, have conducted night raids of farms over the last three months, dividing themselves into groups to attack security guards and their dogs and to dig up potatoes
Harare - Gangs of township thieves, armed with spears, clubs and axes, have been robbing two farms near Harare of potatoes for months as Zimbabwe struggles with hunger and a crumbling economy. The thieves, moving in bands of between 60 and 80 people, have conducted night raids of the farms over the last three months, dividing themselves into groups to attack security guards and their dogs and to dig up the potatoes, Zimbabwe's state-controlled Herald newspaper reported on Monday. The daily quoted a police spokesman as saying the latest raid took place on Saturday. Farm guards were injured and five dogs killed during the robberies by gangs armed with spears, knives, metal rods, axes and knobkerries. Police were not immediately available for comment. But the Herald said police have deployed plainclothes officers into the farms, which in one raid lost 1,000 bags of potatoes and have suffered losses estimated at Z$1 billion.
More on this Story (http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=12977)