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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela.<\/p>\n

The incident took place at around 2 AM on Thursday at Mazithulela\u2019s Crichton Road residence in the Groombridge area of Mt Pleasant, ZimLive reported.<\/p>\n

The former National University of Science and Technology (NUST) vice-chancellor, who was appointed to the role in January 2020, was unharmed in the incident.<\/p>\n

Neighbours said they woke up to the sound of gunfire, and before long the Mazithulela residence was swarming with police and security agents from various departments. One neighbour told ZimLive:<\/p>\n

I heard there could have been three people who tried to jump over a perimeter wall, and one was shot dead. An ambulance arrived at around 3AM but the person didn\u2019t make it.<\/p>\n

Everyone around here seems to think the intruders were robbers because just hours before, there was an attempted break-in at a house on Maxwell Road nearby.<\/p>\n

This is not the first security incident at the home of Mazithulela.<\/p>\n

In November 2020, just months after his appointment, a CIO agent guarding his Matabeleland North farm drunkenly pointed a gun at him.<\/p>\n

Mazithulela was leaving his farm in Norwood in Umguza at about 7 PM on November 28 when he observed Earnest Muleya, who was on guard duties at the property, staggering.<\/p>\n

Suspecting the 38-year-old was drunk, Mazithulela demanded that Muleya hands over his AK-47 assault rifle which he was carrying. Instead of handing over the rifle, Muleya cocked it and pointed it at Mazithulela who ran and took cover behind his vehicle before making a dash for his house where he barricaded himself inside.<\/p>\n

Mazithulela called the CIO\u2019s regional headquarters at Magnet House in Bulawayo and agents were dispatched to the farm where they disarmed and arrested Muleya.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela. The incident took place at around 2 AM on Thursday at Mazithulela\u2019s Crichton Road residence in the Groombridge area of Mt Pleasant, ZimLive reported. 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