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Mugabe’s son arrested over ‘assault’ during luxury car smuggling probe

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of Zimbabwe's late former president Robert Mugabe, has been arrested in connection with an assault case, police say.

Mugabe’s son arrested over ‘assault’ during luxury car smuggling probe

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, son of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, was arrested for an alleged assault, according to police. The arrest occurred on Tuesday, alongside four others, as part of a probe into the smuggling of luxury vehicles into the country, reported online news site The New Zimbabwe. The seized vehicles have been taken into custody by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.

Mugabe, 29, is the youngest of Robert Mugabe's five children, with his second wife, Grace Mugabe. Robert Mugabe, who passed away in 2019, governed Zimbabwe for three decades before being removed from power in 2017 at age 93. Police stated that Mugabe was among five individuals arrested in connection with an assault incident at the Brompton Guest Lodge in Harare around 6:30 PM local time (4:30 PM GMT) on November 3rd. They are scheduled to face court proceedings on November 5th.

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