KEY POINTS
- Police arrested Chatunga Mugabe and four other men in a Harare assault case.
- The arrests came during a probe into two allegedly smuggled luxury vehicles.
- All five are due in court Thursday.
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, in connection with an assault case, the BBC reported.
Mugabe’s son was one of five men police detained Tuesday during an investigation into the alleged smuggling of two luxury vehicles into the country, according to the news site The New Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, local media reported that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has seized the vehicles.
Mugabe’s son among five detained
Police named the other men as Munashe Mubawu, 43, Terrence Johannes Chinyemba, 42, Fredson Peter, 33, and Solomon Pamire, 34.
Police detained all five over an assault at the Brompton Guest Lodge in Harare at about 6:30 p.m. local time on Nov. 3, according to a police statement. The men are due to appear in court Thursday. However, the BBC report did not say who was assaulted or what charges, if any, the men face.
A family under scrutiny since losing power
Chatunga Mugabe, 29, is the youngest son of Robert Mugabe and his second wife, Grace Mugabe. Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years before losing power in 2017 at age 93. He died two years later, in 2019. Since then, the Mugabe family has faced a string of arrests, accusations and disputes, the BBC has reported in earlier coverage.
