Zim Current Affairs
June 16, 2025 at 02:05 AM
*Head Of Iran's Intelligence Killed By Israel*
*Israel And Iran Resume Missile Strikes As Conflict Deepens*
*Another Aircraft Disaster Hits India*
*26 000 Attacked As Pitbulls Wreak Havoc In 11 months*
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*Head Of Iran's Intelligence Killed By Israel*
Iran has confirmed that Israel has killed the Iranian head of intelligence, as the Zionists continue decapitating the Iranian leadership.
So far, Israel has killed over six generals; clearly, Iran’s top military leadership has been wiped out.
Over 20 senior military commanders have been killed since Friday through the intelligence work of Israeli’s secret service, Mossad.
*Israel And Iran Resume Missile Strikes As Conflict Deepens*
*Fresh blasts:* Israel detected more missiles launched from Iran on Sunday evening, with an explosion seen in the coastal city of Haifa, after residential areas of Tehran were hit with multiple strikes. Earlier on Sunday, for the first time, Iran launched a daytime barrage against Israel, but there have been no reports of significant damage.
*Trump rejects assassination plan:* A US official told CNN the US president rejected a plan by the Israelis to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his spokesperson have denied the reports of such a plan, calling them “false” and “fake.”
*Israeli toll mounts:* At least 14 are confirmed dead in Israel in the hostilities. Visiting the scene of a strike that killed 4 people, Israel’s PM Netanyahu said “think what would happen if Iran had atomic weapons.” A stated goal of the Israeli operation is to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.
*Iranians flee:* Some Tehran residents have been escaping north to safer rural areas while others have been stockpiling essentials. The metro system is open around the clock so people can shelter. Scores are reported killed but no official figure has been given.
*No end in sight:* Israel’s operation against Iran is expected to take “weeks, not days” and is moving forward with implicit US approval, according to White House and Israeli officials. US President Trump said his country “had nothing to do with” the Israeli attacks but later acknowledged that US involvement in the conflict is a possibility.
*Another Aircraft Disaster Hits India*
A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in India, killing seven people on board.
The accident happened within minutes of the helicopter taking off, officials said, on what should have been a 10-minute flight.
The helicopter was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from Kedarnath temple town in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
It comes three days after an Air India flight crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in northwestern India, killing at least 270 people.
*26 000 Attacked As Pitbulls Wreak Havoc In 11 months*
Dog attacks are spiralling out of control in Zimbabwe, with over 26,000 people bitten in just 11 months, prompting growing public concern and calls for tighter animal control laws.
According to a 2024 report from the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), 25,996 dog bites were recorded across the country between January and November 2024. In just the first week of January 2025, another 635 cases were reported—signalling a continued crisis.
Amid the alarming rise in dog-related violence, pitbulls and boerboels, two powerful dog breeds, have been at the centre of a disturbing series of fatal attacks in recent years—claiming the lives of at least 13 people since 2014.
Most recently, on June 1, 2025, 39-year-old Samuel Machara was mauled to death by pitbulls in New Bluffhill, Harare.
The dogs’ owner, Mike Mupinga, was arrested for culpable homicide. Residents had reportedly lodged several complaints over the years as Mupinga’s dogs frequently escaped through gaps in his boundary wall, chasing children, killing pets, and attacking workers. Authorities only intervened after the fatal incident.
The ZNSPCA confiscated and euthanized the animals, citing neglect and inadequate confinement.
In January 2025, Roddie Mannie was killed by his own pitbulls at his home in Sunningdale, despite attempts by neighbours to intervene.
A similarly horrific attack occurred in March 2023, when a 9-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pitbull in Whitecliffe, Harare. Just days earlier, Takawira Gift Muzvidziwa (68), a security guard, was fatally attacked by four pit bulls at a commercial property in Waterfalls.
Boerboels have also been responsible for deadly incidents. In October 2022, a 7-year-old boy in Norton was killed after entering a yard to fetch water.
The owners were acquitted on grounds that the child had entered the dog’s territory. That same month, Nakai Ngosh (6) was killed by two dogs while playing at her uncle’s homestead in Goromonzi.
In August 2022, a 6-year-old girl was mauled by boerboels in Matsheumhlophe, Bulawayo. She had merely stepped out of her family’s rented cottage to check on electricity.
In May 2022, John Gavhera (61) was savaged by his own three Boerboel-cross dogs at his home in Selbourne Park, Bulawayo after jumping his gate without alerting them. The brutal attack lasted nearly an hour.
Earlier cases include a 2018 fatality in Beitbridge, a 2016 mass attack by eight dogs in Masvingo that killed a 4-year-old and severely injured another child, and a 2014 German shepherd attack in which 6-year-old Praise Mavhiringidzewas killed and partially eaten by seven dogs in Masvingo.
The alarming frequency of such incidents has led animal welfare groups and victims’ families to call for stricter laws, improved dog ownership standards, and tougher penalties for negligence. With dog attacks continuing into 2025, the urgency for national action has never been more pressing.
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