POLICE have confirmed a fatal shoot-out incident between CID Homicide detectives and armed robbery suspects in Norton last Friday.
In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi said four suspects had died, while two detectives sustained serious injuries and were admitted to hospital.
Two of the four suspects are foreign nationals.
“The police received information and tracked a motorised syndicate which had come from South Africa to pounce on targets in Bulawayo, Harare and Kwekwe,” Nyathi said.
“As the detectives were following, the suspects fired at them, resulting in a serious exchange of gunfire near Norton tollgate, along Harare-Bulawayo Road.
“Subsequently, the detectives recovered the suspects’ getaway car, a Toyota Axio, a Girsan 9mm Parabellum pistol with a magazine of two rounds, a 9mm Parebellum pistol with a magazine of one round, one pair Relay grey army green shoes and one black navy blue jacket inscribed ‘Grey Wolf’.
“One of the suspects was captured on CCTV wearing the recovered shoes and jacket during an armed robbery incident which occurred on September 30, 2025 at a hospital in Harare, where US$1 833 and airtime recharge cards worth US$140 were stolen.”
Nyathi said the suspects would help to clear five robbery cases which occurred in Harare and Bulawayo between June 25 and October 3 this year, including the one which occurred in Njube, Bulawayo, on June 25, where US$8 000 and an iPhone were stolen.
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“The Zimbabwe Republic Police reiterates that there is no going back in the fight against armed robbery in the country,” Nyathi said.
“All syndicates, whether locally or foreign-based, will be decisively dealt with, in line with the country’s laws.”
