When Scout Camp Goes Very Wrong

[EarlyBird]

Zimbabwe Military Arrests Boy-Scout Trainers, Independent Says

By Brian Latham

Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwean air force, military, police and
intelligence officials raided a boy-scout

camp and arrested three white farmers on charges of training
insurgents, the Zimbabwe Independent said,

citing people it didn’t identify.

The adventure camp, known as Kudu Creek, was suspected of being used
as a base to train bandits who plan to

topple President Robert Mugabe, the Harare-based newspaper reported.
The site provides outdoor activities and

leadership training for schoolchildren, it said.

The raid was described by one observer as a full-scale military
exercise, the Independent said.

Police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena didn’t answer calls to his office
and mobile phones today when Bloomberg

News tried to contact him for comment.

To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Latham via Johannesburg
at pmrich...@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: January 9, 2009 04:51 EST