{"id":34521,"date":"2021-02-09T20:36:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=34521"},"modified":"2021-02-09T18:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:20:15","slug":"mutare-city-ordered-to-compensate-assaulted-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mutare-city-ordered-to-compensate-assaulted-nurse","title":{"rendered":"Mutare City Ordered To Compensate Assaulted Nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Mutare City Council has been ordered by the courts to compensate a nurse who sustained injuries after being assaulted by a municipal police officer during the council\u2019s operation Restore Sanity.<\/p>\n<p>Provincial magistrate Lazarus Murendo ordered Phineas Munyika, and the local authority to pay damages amounting to $9 727 to a local nurse Kumbirai Furusa who was roughed up and assaulted on July 6, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Mutare City was, together with Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, carrying out a joint operation meant to rid unregistered taxi operators and vehicles parked at undesignated places in the city when Phineas Munyika assaulted Furusa.<\/p>\n<p>Furusa was seated on the front passenger seat of a taxi when the police officer dragged her outside the taxi and she fell down sustaining knee injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A plaster she already had on her wrist and was supposed to be removed on July 9 2018, had to be replaced as a result of the fall from the taxi.<\/p>\n<p>Her new plaster was only removed after six weeks although she continued to experience pain on her wrist.<\/p>\n<p>Furusa said because of the injuries she sustained, she could not cook for her family and endured a lot of pain.<\/p>\n<p>Ruling on the matter, magistrate Murendo said Munyika had a duty of care towards Furusa yet he recklessly and out of over-zealousness tried to execute his duties without regard to the safety of the nurse.<\/p>\n<p>Local government police across the country have for years been clashing with commuter omnibus (kombi) operators over parking at undesignated places or unavailability of licences.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, loaded kombis, in a bid to run away from police, speed and violate road regulations putting the lives of the public in danger.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: NewZimbabwe<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Mutare City Council has been ordered by the courts to compensate a nurse who sustained injuries after being assaulted by a municipal police officer during the council\u2019s operation Restore Sanity. 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