{"id":3937,"date":"2025-10-04T11:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2025-10-04T11:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T11:48:38","slug":"breaking-news-businessman-mutangadura-murder-suspect-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/breaking-news-businessman-mutangadura-murder-suspect-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Businessman Mutangadura murder suspect arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect who reportedly murdered businessman Joseph Mutangadura has been arrested.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The murder and robbery occurred at Mutangadura Hideout in Ruwa on August 17.<\/p>\n<p>Police national spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwe Republic Police confirm the arrest of Phillip Mutasa (38) in connection with the robbery and murder of Joseph Mutangadura (67), which occurred at Mutangadura Hideout along Dunstan Road, Ruwa, Harare, on August 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn October 3, detectives from CID Homicide, Harare received information which linked the suspect to the murder and robbery cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe detectives tracked the suspect, leading to his arrest in Mkoba Six, Gweru.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect implicated seven accomplices who are on the run.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect who reportedly murdered businessman Joseph Mutangadura has been arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[570],"class_list":{"0":"post-3937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-zimbabwe","8":"tag-joseph-mutangadura"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breaking News: Businessman Mutangadura murder suspect arrested - zimdailyjournal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A suspect who reportedly murdered businessman Joseph Mutangadura has been arrested. 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