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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Gunshots rang at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday night as security guards hired by a group led by Reverend Cossam Chiangwa attempted to forcibly take control of the premises from the Reverend Amon Madawo-led group.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident, saying investigations are underway.<\/p>\n

He said representatives of both church factions later made counter-reports to the police.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court recently upheld a High Court judgement which ruled against Chiangwa, in favour of Madawo, whom the courts recognise as the legitimate leader of the church.<\/p>\n

Giving his church\u2019s side of the story, board member in charge of security for Reverend Madawo\u2019s camp, Reggies Nyandoro said:<\/p>\n

I received a call from one of the security details at church advising me that there were armed men outside the gate.<\/p>\n

They wanted him to open the gate so they could guard the church because Pastor Chiangwa had engaged them to do so.<\/p>\n

I advised the guard to alert his Control Office and to call ZRP Marlborough.<\/p>\n

He said after about 10 minutes the guard called him, advising that the armed men were now agitated and threatening to shoot him. Said Nyandoro:<\/p>\n

I asked him to put me on speakerphone and spoke to one of the gun-wielding men. I asked him his name and he refused to divulge it.<\/p>\n

He shouted that they had been engaged by Reverend Chiangwa to guard his church and that I should ask the guard to open the gate.<\/p>\n

He continued to insist on getting the gate opened and I asked our guard to terminate the call. I later heard that they fired gunshots.<\/p>\n

Contacted to give his side of the story on Saturday, Chiangwa referred questions to his deacon Thomas Gwatidzo who was at the scene of the incident. Gwatidzo said:<\/p>\n

The matter is currently under police investigation, so I do not want to give too much information that could jeopardise investigations or give ammunition to the other party (Reverend Madawo\u2019s group).<\/p>\n

I think it is best to leave the matter in the hands of the police for now. All I can say is that this is a small matter.<\/p>\n

No one was harmed. I think you also understand that it is legal to fire warning shots if one is under attack.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Gunshots rang at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday night as security guards hired by a group led by Reverend Cossam Chiangwa attempted to forcibly take control of the premises from the Reverend Amon Madawo-led group. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[909,1493,2189,6041,7088,2421,6691,1583,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-49834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-afm","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-amon-madawo","15":"tag-apostolic-faith-mission","16":"tag-cossam-chiangwa","17":"tag-cossum-chiangwa","18":"tag-factionalism","19":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nAFM Factions Speak On The Shooting Incident At Marlborough Church - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunshots rang at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday night as security guards hired by a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/afm-factions-speak-on-the-shooting-incident-at-marlborough-church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AFM Factions Speak On The Shooting Incident At Marlborough Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunshots rang at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday night as security guards hired by a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/afm-factions-speak-on-the-shooting-incident-at-marlborough-church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-14T13:53:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-14T13:29:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-61910f1a70e99.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"348\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/afm-factions-speak-on-the-shooting-incident-at-marlborough-church\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/afm-factions-speak-on-the-shooting-incident-at-marlborough-church\",\"name\":\"AFM Factions Speak On The Shooting Incident At Marlborough Church - 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