HARARE – A top ranking police officer, Assistant Commissioner Jeremiah Murenje, died on Saturday in a tragic car accident along Harare-Denda Road, Bindura.
Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.
Nyathi conveyed Commissioner General Godwin Matanga’s condolences to the late senior officer’s family following the accident.
“The Commissioner-General of Police, Tandabantu Godwin Matanga, expresses his condolences to the Murenje family following the passing on of Assistant Commissioner Jeremiah Murenje (60) in a fatal road traffic accident on 6 April 2024 along Harare-Denda Road, Bindura,” Nyathi said.
“He was stationed at CID Headquarters as Director CID Law and Order Division.
“The late Jeremiah Murenje, whose Chimurenga nom de guerre was David Rujeko MuZimbabwe, a veteran of the country’s liberation struggle, has been declared a Provincial Hero and will be buried at Manyeve Farm Plot 7 Concession, Mashonaland Central Province on 10 April 2024 at around 1100 hours.
“He joined the liberation struggle in 1976 through Rupinda Area, Manicaland by crossing into Mozambique. The war veteran received military training at Chimoio’s Takawira Base.”
Nyathi added, “In 1977, he sustained serious injuries when their base was attacked and was taken to Mupai in Tete Province with other wounded Comrades and later Matenje Camp.
“May his soul rest in eternal peace.”
