{"id":2455,"date":"2019-01-24T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2019-01-24T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T14:18:06","slug":"boy-11-goes-missing-during-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/boy-11-goes-missing-during-riots","title":{"rendered":"Boy (11) goes missing during riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A CHITUNGWIZA family is desperately searching for their 11-year-old son, Tinotenda Purumero, who went missing during last Monday\u2019s fuel price hike protests.<span id=\"more-3096224744011812\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>His distraught father Herbert Purumero said he has been frantically searching for him ever since. Speaking from his home in St Mary\u2019s, the father of four was beside himself with worry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anyone has seen him or knows what happened to Tinotenda on that day, please, let us know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-871786694\" class=\"newsd-2nd-advert-incontent\">\n<p>Tinotenda\u2019s grandmother said the family was still in shock over his disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe woke up on Monday and I gave him clean clothes to wear, but when he saw the crowds passing by, he gave me the slip and followed. I only realised later that he had gone to the shops where all the chaos was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Gogo Purumero went around asking neighbours and friends if anyone had seen him, but no one had information on his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe never came back. He is so young and my biggest concern is that he suffers from seizures and that makes it worse. He is out there somewhere alone,\u201d she said, weeping.<\/p>\n<p>Tinotenda\u2019s father said he had gone to Ruwa for a project when it happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrived from Ruwa around 3pm, my mother (Gogo Purumero) told me that my son had not returned home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Purumero braved the tense political situation at the shops and decided to go to look for his son, accompanied by a nephew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsd-1583058055\" class=\"newsd-ads-links\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CHITUNGWIZA family is desperately searching for their 11-year-old son, Tinotenda Purumero, who went missing during last Monday\u2019s fuel price hike protests. His distraught father Herbert Purumero said he has been frantically searching for him ever since. 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