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(TALKZIMBABWE) Mujuru blaze death inquest to open: police‎

Mujuru blaze death inquest to open: police‎
Posted by By Our reporter at 18 October, at 17 : 40 PM

POLICE say investigations into the death of the Former Defence Forces Commander General Solomon Mujuru are complete but cannot be revealed by the force as the matter has been referred to the courts for an inquest.

It is now two months after the death of General Mujuru (pictured right) and investigations that were underway were concluded but no official comment has come from relevant authorities.

This has fuelled speculation within the private media claiming police will not give a report and might be hiding something relating to the death of the late General.

However, in an interview in the capital on Tuesday, Zimbabwe Republic Police-Commissioner General, Augustine Chihuri, said investigations are complete but details cannot be provided as the findings are in the hands of the courts which ordered an inquest.

An inquest is a judicial investigation in common law jurisdictions, conducted by a judge, or government official.

The most common kind of inquest is an inquiry including a medical examination into the cause of a death that was sudden, violent or suspicious or occurred in prison.

An inquest uses witnesses, but suspects are not permitted to defend themselves. The verdict can be, for example, natural death, accidental death, misadventure, suicide, or murder. If the verdict is murder or culpable accident, criminal prosecution may follow, and suspects are of course able to defend themselves there.

The late General Mujuru died on the 16th of August in a fire at his farm in Beatrice. He was the husband of Zimbabwe’s Co-Vice President, Joice Mujuru.

Meanwhile, Commissioner General Chihuri has urged an outgoing peace-keeping contingent to Liberia to be ambassadors of the nation by promoting peace and tell the true Zimbabwean story.

The contingent of 21 comprising twelve males and nine females are going to Liberia for a year under the auspices of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping.

Eight officers also returned from a tour of duty in Liberia last month.

Labels: COURTS, JOICE MUJURU

posted by MrK @ 1:40 AM