{"id":78681,"date":"2023-06-06T20:21:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday"},"modified":"2023-06-06T23:50:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:50:28","slug":"lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday","title":{"rendered":"Lone anti-govt protestor charged with unlawful possession of firearm, due in court Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Harare resident, Itai Makombe who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josiah Tongogara streets has been charged.<\/p>\n<p>According to police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Paul Nyathi, Makombe is facing several charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, disorderly conduct and breaching traffic regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can confirm his arrest. He is now due to appear in court. Charges include disorderly conduct, breaching Road Traffic Act and unlawful possession of firearms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Makombe brought business to a standstill Tuesday morning after he parked his car at the intersection before standing on top of it shouting \u201cfree Zimbabwe\u201d while beating a drum.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of the incident went viral on social media and in one he was seen being dragged from his car before a group of uniformed police and man in civilian clothes started flogging him.<\/p>\n<p>He could be heard shouting and groaning before he was shoved into a twin cab.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said he will be in court Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarare resident Itai Makombe will spend a second night in police detention after he was arrested on Monday &amp; charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly staging a one-man anti-govt protest in the capital city,\u201d said ZLHR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. A Harare resident, Itai Makombe who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josiah Tongogara streets has been charged. According to police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Paul Nyathi, Makombe is facing several charges including unlawful possession of a firearm, disorderly conduct and breaching traffic regulations. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-78681","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lone anti-govt protestor charged with unlawful possession of firearm, due in court Wednesday - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Harare resident, Itai Makombe who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josi ...\" \/>\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\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lone anti-govt protestor charged with unlawful possession of firearm, due in court Wednesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Harare resident, Itai Makombe who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T18:21:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T21:50:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/06\/sm_1686071937.146521.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/lone-anti-govt-protestor-charged-with-unlawful-possession-of-firearm-due-in-court-wednesday\",\"name\":\"Lone anti-govt protestor charged with unlawful possession of firearm, due in court Wednesday - 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