{"id":52300,"date":"2026-03-10T23:36:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52300"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:36:59","slug":"drunk-police-officer-kills-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/drunk-police-officer-kills-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDrunk\u201d Police Officer Kills Suspect \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>\u201cDrunk\u201d Police Officer Kills Suspect<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent \u2013 A police officer in Chimanimani is now facing a murder charge after allegedly fatally injuring a man while reportedly under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on 25 February 2026, Bhekimpilo Ncube (35), the officer in charge of Chikukwa Police Base, received a report that Godman Mtimba (34) had been acting violently in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The NPA states that the following day, Mtimba was taken into custody and brought to Chikukwa Business Centre, where Ncube was reportedly drinking beer at the time.<\/p>\n<p>It is alleged that Ncube attempted to trim Mtimba\u2019s beard with a knife but accidentally slashed his chin and cheek, causing severe injuries. Mtimba was rushed to Mutambara Hospital, where he was later declared dead.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, Ncube turned himself in to authorities. He remains in police custody as the case continues through the courts.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Drunk #Police #Officer #Kills #Suspect #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDrunk\u201d Police Officer Kills Suspect By A Correspondent \u2013 A police officer in Chimanimani is now facing a murder charge&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[4728,6694,1282,202,743,575,3951],"class_list":["post-52300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-drunk","tag-eduzim","tag-kills","tag-news","tag-officer","tag-police","tag-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52301,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52300\/revisions\/52301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}