Horror in Zimbabwe

Chad · Jun 10, 2008

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(WARNING! The images of the victims are fairly graphic)

STATEMENT MADE BY WILLIAM BRUCE ROGERS AND ANNETTE MARY ROGERS
7<sup>th</sup> May, 2008.

On the day of the 6th May, 2008 at approximately 1300 hours I was visited by three men at our farm, Chigwell Extension Farm.

They told me that I had two minutes to vacate my property otherwise they will send the mob there and the house is not worth sacrificing my life for. Because we would lose our lives. They said they were like hungry lions.

My wife made a report to the Chegutu Police Station about this incident, naming the people involved. At that stage I asked them if they would react to any incident that my occur and they informed my wife that they would speak to the Assistant Inspector. My wife also saw him before making the report and informed him of the visit and he told her to go and make a report at the charge office.

At about 1700 hours on the same day a vehicle – a white Datsun 1800 pickup arrived at the gate with approximately 10-12 people. They demanded that I opened the gate because they wanted to talk to me. I refused and went into the house together with my wife. We locked ourselves into the house. They came to the house and wanted me to go outside to speak to them which I refused to do. They started smashing windows and the front door was smashed open. One of them pointed a single barrel shotgun inside the house at us – we were by then upstairs. He fired a shot directly at us which went just over my head and close to my wife's head. He obviously intended to kill us. After he fired the shot he went out and it went quiet for a while and then we heard three shots coming from the workers housing area. They returned with all the workers and fired another shot whilst outside.

I managed to get through to the Assistant Inspector and the Chegutu Police Station to ask for assistance before there were dead bodies in the house. He said that I must phone him back in half and hour. Throughout all of this my wife was on the phone to numerous friends who were at the Chegutu Police Station trying to get assistance from them with absolutely no result whatsoever. My wife and I also made many phone calls to the Member in Charge on his cell phone and he refused to answer.

By this time it was dark and the power went off so we were left completely in darkness and unable to identify our own employees. They then used the workers as a shield so that they could all come inside the house and then were downstairs chanting and singing and making threats.

They sent one of the workers upstairs to demand the shotgun from me to take back to them. I refused and this employee stayed upstairs with us. They then grabbed the son of this employee who was downstairs and from what I could gather they threatened to either kill or injure him if he didn't go back downstairs with the weapon. He went back downstairs without the weapon. After about five minutes they told all the singing workers to go upstairs using them as a shield once more. We tried to identify the workers one by one as they came up the stairs, as my wife was standing at the top of the stairs with a can of mace. After about 15 workers came through, she could not identify a person and used the mace and sprayed them. After this they ran back downstairs and out of the house.

This incensed the thugs who then proceeded to break down the back door and started a building a fire in the downstairs lounge directly below us. As we have a wooden floor upstairs this posed a great threat and we thought we would be burnt alive which is when I said that we would come out and asked if they would let us leave peacefully which they agreed to do. We asked the ring-leader to identify himself. We came downstairs and they demanded the shotgun from me which was loaded and off safety and I refused. They then insisted that I give it to them and I tried to start unloading it and they attacked me. They then grabbed my wife around the throat and she started screaming. While they were trying to take the shotgun from me three shots went off outside the house into the ground as it is a semi-automatic shotgun. They then took the shotgun from me and wrestled me to the ground and started beating me with what I assume was sticks, or pipes and kicking me with their boots. They dragged my wife outside and they were trying to strangle her. At this stage she managed to bite the hand of the man who was grabbing her round the throat. Whereupon he started to beat her. At one time there were at least four men beating and kicking her.

They then tied me up with rope and threw me into the back of their pickup. At this stage my wife was still being beaten. When they had finished beating her, one of them grabbed her by her feet and dragged her over to the vehicle. They then demanded that she stand up and get into the back of the truck which she was unable to do. One of them grabbed her by the hair, pulled her into a standing position and pushed her up against the back of the truck and told her to get in. She did climb in. They searched my wife and found the car-keys in her pocket and demanded she show them what vehicle the keys were for. They couldn't find the keys to the other truck. They drove my vehicle onto the lawn, parked near the truck where I was tied up. The immobiliser for the vehicle went off. They demanded that my wife show them where the immobiliser switch was situated which she did do. One of them drove off with the vehicle which we never saw again. They still had all the employees on the lawn around a fire that had been lit by the front door and they were still forced to sing.

There were about four or five of them around the vehicle watching the two of us, all the time they were shouting verbal abuse and racist comments and threatening to kill either one or both of us and also stating the manner in which they should kill us. This must have gone on for almost an hour. They were burning my feet with cigarettes and then we saw vehicle lights shining towards us and then my wife was told to get out of the vehicle and was dragged towards the headlights of the vehicle that had arrived. When she got to the vehicle she saw there were four armed policeman from Kadoma Police Station who asked what had happened. She told them briefly what had happened and demanded that they fetch me immediately from the vehicle as she feared for my life. One of the thugs came and untied me and told me to get out of the vehicle and made me walk towards the headlights of the parked vehicle. I noticed that they were armed policeman. The incident was described in more detail to them and they accompanied us into the house to get some warm clothing. Once we were in the house we saw that the gun cabinet had been opened and ransacked and that my weapons were missing. I informed the police that the weapons were missing. They then took us out of the house and told us to get in their vehicle as we were going to Chegutu Police Station to make a report.

We got to Chegutu Police Station and they had to call some superior officer to take a statement and he only arrived as were were leaving to go to Harare to get urgent medical attention. No police personal of any authority seemed to show any interest in taking our statement.
We were attended to by medical staff at the Avenues Clinic where numerous x-rays and CT scans were taken. My injuries are two cracked vertebrae in my lower back. Fractured cheekbone, fractured nose there was copious bleeding into my sinuses and extensive lacerations and deep-tissue bruising to my face and back and a bite to my right earlobe.
My wife's injuries are fractured cheekbones, fractures around her orbital socket round her eye, perforated eardrum, cracked ribs and extensive bruising to her face and back and throat.

W.B. ROGERS
A.M. ROGERS

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The above is an email I received from someone, but I was unable to identify it from a member here on TJ. Please pray for these couple and also for the enemy to receive a change of heart from the Holy Spirit and come to Christ Jesus for salvation.

Br. Bear · Jun 11, 2008

Yes, Let us pray for Mr & Mrs Rogers, that they will heal well, in Jesus name and also that they can resume their lives and the trauma they have experienced will fade away in the love of Jesus for them. I don't know if they are belivers or not, but I pray that both William and Annette will consider their lives and if need be, to seek the Lord for His eternal salvation, and so receive from Him all mercy and grace in Jesus name.

Also yes, let us pray for the aggressors of this incident that they would meet Jesus and repent and follow Him in faith.

Also Let us pray for the workers who were also traumatised by this nasty incident, that they are comforted by the Lord and that they know it is Him who comforts them.

I am reminded of Saul of Tarsus, who, being a persecutor of Christians, was probably at least as brutal in his treatment against believers, and went further, executing all who followed Jesus that he could find...... and then he met the Lord one day on the way to Damascus, and was struck by the Lord which led to repentance from Saul, who we know today as the Apostle Paul. Read Acts, chapter 9.
So let us pray for those who have done such wrong. With God, nothing is impossible.... so let us pray, in Jesus name.

thank you for sharing this Chad.

Bless you ....><>

Br. Bear

By His Grace · Jun 11, 2008

It's so sad to know this type of incidents have been happening

for months now in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Believe me, its very disturbing and traumatising.

I know this because in Kenya (my original home) the start

of this year we went through simillar situation, rise of unxepected

deaths, loss of properties, loss of jobs, increase in poverty, poor

infratructures, great famine-to afford a meal it was a just miracle,

Economic instability etc This was caused by self-centred leaders

who allowed the devil to take control of a God fearing country.

This event made history as Kenya is known to be one of the most
peaceful country in Africa.

What am i saying? The bible teaches "If my people who are called

by my name(You and i) shall humble themselves and pray

and turn away from thier wicked ways, then I will heal their land"
Says the Lord Almighty.

As we remember the couples, let's also put the whole Country

Zimbabwe unto the Able hands of God, we repent the sins on behalf

of Zimbabwe and ask God to cleanse them from all unrighteousness

starting from the leaders to the common man.

God answered and healed my country Kenya, now i heard from my

relatives we are doing better than before.

Why, God intervened and we acknowledged His leadership back in Kenya.

If God delivered us from the same situation , then He can do the same to Zimbabwe.

Let's committe Zimbabwe to God, its a spiritual warfare'. Together we can do it, By His Grace and Power.

abigya · Jun 11, 2008

In agreement and Joining you in Prayers.

Zimbabwe for Jesus ! Amen

abigya

beam · Jun 11, 2008

Father God I stand in agreement for the salvation of Mugabe's soul, I stand in agreement for the healing of the people and the Land, satan you have been given notice in Zimbabwe, it is not your country, the people are not yours, the earth is the Lord's and EVERYTHING IN IT! and God has given us homosapiens dominion and rule over the earth, so we take Zimbabwe back from you, you have trespassed on this land and on these people for long enough, GET OUT OUT OUT in the name that is above all names JESUS CHRIST THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF MANY Amen, Thank you Lord for your blessings on Zimbabwe Thank you Father, you are the God of RESTORATION, we love you, I stand in agreement with every single prayer that has been petitioned before you Lord for the deliverance and healing of Zimbawe the land and the people - amen

stephen · Jun 11, 2008

Zimbabwe is almost regular on U.K. News

I am most surprised that the U.N. or some other have not removed the evil man who promotes this action. Driving out the caucasian farmers, the land once the bread basket of Africa is its-self now close to starvation

Lord Jesus hear our prayer, relieve this land from the hand of the oppressor....in Jesus

Jerusha · Jul 4, 2008

Iam praying for mr an mrs.Rogers.That Lord may strengthen them in these times of trials.
Jesus said "In the world ye shall have tribulation:but be of good cheer:i have overcome the world"John.16.33..so cheer up JESUS LOVES U.!

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