WE HAVE dangerous criminals in our midst.
Yesterday this newspaper revealed that more than 100 suspected criminals are on the police’s most wanted list for committing various horrendous crimes in and around Bulawayo.
A perusal of the list supplied by Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Mandlenkosi Moyo reveals that rape tops the list of suspects on the run.
Some of the suspects on the most wanted list are believed to be the ones that continue perpetrating crimes across the country.
Moyo appealed to members of the public to supply information through suggestion boxes, calling the police hotline or reporting to the nearest police station.
He said if those criminals were not brought to book, crime would continue to rise.
“As police, we have since launched a manhunt for the most wanted people and these are not the only ones. There are many criminals that we want to arrest,” Moyo said.
“Some of these criminals were released on bail and never came back to appear in court.
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“We appeal to members of the public to assist police to bring to book all these wanted people. They can do so by supplying police with information that will lead to the arrest of the wanted criminals,” he added.
Moyo said members of the public could supply information through suggestion boxes, calling the police hotline or reporting to the nearest police station.
“The danger is that these people continue perpetrating crimes thereby increasing fear in our own community,” Moyo said.
It is our submission that all law-abiding citizens should heed the police appeal and report criminals that are on the run. It is a known fact that some citizens are harbouring and sheltering some of these most wanted criminals.
A host of them are wanted for murder. So citizens should be warned that they would not have any qualms of committing similar crimes against defenceless residents.
Others are wanted for armed robbery, meaning there are probably armed and would not hesitate to turn their weapons against citizens.
Anyone who knows these scumbags should report them immediately at the nearest police station.
