Lookout Masuku
Lieutenant General Lookout Masuku (April 7 1940 – 5 April 1986) commanded the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army, the militant wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union, during the Rhodesian Bush War. He served as the deputy commander of the Zimbabwe National Army until his arrest in 1982 for allegedly plotting to overthrow President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe.[1]
In 1982 Zimbabwean police arrested Masuku and Dumiso Dabengwa, the ZIPRA intelligence chief, for allegedly planning a coup d'état against then-Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. The Supreme Court found Masuku, Dabengwa, and four others not guilty in 1983, but police detained them again under emergency regulations, holding them for four years. The government released Masuku, due to poor health, and Vote Moyo, a ZAPU official, on March 11, 1986.[1][2]
He died on April 5, 1986 at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare from cryptococcal meningitis.[1] SW Radio Africa expressed doubt about the official circumstances of Masuku's death, saying it was "suspicious."[2]
The Mugabe administration later declared Masuku a national hero.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Lookout Masuku dies at 46; commanded Nkomo forces The New York Times
- ^ a b c Many deaths remain shrouded in mystery The Zimbabwean
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