source: Bulawayo24; Zim Eye
actor1: Unidentified Armed Group (Zimbabwe)
actor2: Military Forces of Zimbabwe (2017-)
location: Chivhu
notes: On 5 September 2020, two military corporals were fatally shot by armed men, one a Democratic Republic of Congo war veteran who often spoke of 'freeing Zimbabwe', according to friends and family, in Chivhu (Chikomba, Mashonaland East). A military operation a few days after the shooting led to the killing of two of the gunmen (coded separately). It is suspected that the shooting of the corporals were an arranged hit. One of the gunmen shot was suspected of being part of the national military.