A few hours after her coronation, newly-crowned Miss Zimbabwe Annie-Grace Mutambu was on Friday night mugged, losing a laptop and a cellular phone to her assailants.
The three thugs, who were driving a red Volkswagon Golf, pounced as Mutambu (19) and her sister were walking home from a cousin's house in Harare's Craneborne suburb at around 8pm.
She is recovering at home, though bruised.
Police said investigations were in progress, while the beauty's mother Mrs Ellen Mutambu said: "She left home to collect her laptop from a cousin, who lives close to our house. Her younger sister wanted to use the laptop for her homework.
"On their way back, they saw a vehicle parked along Munroe Road. Three men disembarked, asked for directions and assaulted them. They wanted to kidnap her because they tried to drag her to their car, but the younger girl jumped onto her back and held her tightly. The two fell to the ground and the robbers continued assaulting them. A Good Samaritan heard their screams and the trio rushed back to their car, fleeing with the laptop and cellphone."
Miss Zimbabwe Trust spokesperson Mr Tendai Chirau said Mutambu was recovering.
The three thugs, who were driving a red Volkswagon Golf, pounced as Mutambu (19) and her sister were walking home from a cousin's house in Harare's Craneborne suburb at around 8pm.
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Police said investigations were in progress, while the beauty's mother Mrs Ellen Mutambu said: "She left home to collect her laptop from a cousin, who lives close to our house. Her younger sister wanted to use the laptop for her homework.
"On their way back, they saw a vehicle parked along Munroe Road. Three men disembarked, asked for directions and assaulted them. They wanted to kidnap her because they tried to drag her to their car, but the younger girl jumped onto her back and held her tightly. The two fell to the ground and the robbers continued assaulting them. A Good Samaritan heard their screams and the trio rushed back to their car, fleeing with the laptop and cellphone."
Miss Zimbabwe Trust spokesperson Mr Tendai Chirau said Mutambu was recovering.
