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Zimbabwe police arrest apostolic ‘prophet’ and rescue 251 children from compound

Zimbabwe police arrest apostolic ‘prophet’ and rescue 251 children from compound

Man claiming to be a prophet arrested along with seven aides ‘for criminal activities which include abuse of minors’

Zimbabwe police have said they arrested a man claiming to be a prophet of an apostolic sect at a compound where more than 250 children were allegedly being used as cheap labour, and where authorities found 16 unregistered graves.

In a statement, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi alleged Ishmael Chokurongerwa, 56, a “self-styled” prophet, led a sect with more than 1,000 members at a farm about 34km (21 miles) north-west of the capital, Harare, where the children were staying alongside other believers.

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