JOHANNESBURG,
South
Africa
–
Bellarmine
Chatunga
Mugabe,
the
youngest
of
the
late
President
Robert
Mugabe’s
children,
was
arrested
in
South
Africa
on
Thursday
charged
with
attempted
murder
for
allegedly
shooting
his
gardener.
Police
were
called
to
an
address
in
Hyde
Park,
Johannesburg,
following
reports
of
a
shooting.
They
found
a
23-year-old
man
bleeding
from
a
gunshot
wound
and
he
was
rushed
to
hospital
where
his
condition
was
described
as
critical.
Mugabe,
28,
and
another
man,
33,
were
arrested.
Gauteng
police
spokesperson
Dimakatso
Nevhuhulwi
said
they
had
recovered
a
spent
cartridge
and
a
dog
unit
had
been
called
to
help
them
locate
the
gun
used
in
the
shooting.
“The
victim
is
a
gardener
and
apparently
he
did
not
come
to
work
for
sometime
and
there
was
an
altercation
regarding
that.
The
victim
was
shot
once,”
Nevhuhulwi
told
journalists
at
the
scene.
police
officer
walks
Chatunga
Bellarmine
Mugabe
to
a
vehicle
following
his
arrest
for
attempted
murder
Mugabe
was
arrested
twice
last
year
in
Zimbabwe,
once
for
disorderly
conduct
at
a
police
roadblock
and
for
assault
in
the
incident
after
he
allegedly
led
a
group
of
men
armed
with
AK47
rifles
to
assault
illegal
gold
panners
who
were
encroaching
into
their
farm
in
Mazowe.
His
brother,
Robert
Jnr,
also
has
a
string
of
arrests
in
South
Africa
including
assault,
drugs
possession
and
malicious
damage
to
property.