Aid worker's death follows a surge in violent crime
The murder of a western aid worker in one of Harare's posh suburbs this month has sent ripples of shock through the shrinking expatriate community.
The body of 30-year-old Lisa Veron-Brunner, who worked for the World Health Organisation in the Zimbabwean capital, was discovered near her upturned vehicle late in the evening on January 10.
She had been stabbed seven times in what appeared to be a botched robbery, according to a report from the US embassy.
Her murder has been the subject of hushed conversations at diplomatic gatherings ever since, and has thrown the spotlight on the country's rising tide of violent crime.
The Anglo-Swiss aid worker, who was employed on the WHO's anti-tuberculosis campaign, was last seen alive at her sports club, diplomatic sources said.
