{"id":20661,"date":"2026-01-13T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20661\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:59:09","slug":"drama-at-harare-magistrates-court-as-inmate-stabs-prison-officer-escapes-in-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20661\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama at Harare Magistrates Court as inmate stabs prison officer, escapes in uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Proceedings at the Harare Magistrates Court were brought to a standstill on Tuesday after an inmate stabbed a Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer before attempting a dramatic escape from the premises.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly attacked the prison officer, disarmed him, forced him to undress and seized his uniform, which he used as a disguise before fleeing the court building.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities immediately launched a manhunt for the suspect, identified as Itai Madhongo, a convicted serial rapist currently serving a 45-year sentence for rape and armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsolicitors.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768305549_682_cb-900x80-1.gif\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services support teams were swiftly deployed to assist in the search, leading to the suspect\u2019s apprehension.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s main entrance was temporarily closed, with a heavy security presence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spincity.co.zw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768305549_981_48D90FCF-37DB-4F48-9755-75A24CEE6484-export.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Proceedings at the Harare Magistrates Court were brought to a standstill on Tuesday after an inmate stabbed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[106],"class_list":{"0":"post-20661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zimbabwe","8":"tag-zimbabwe"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}