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MDC
supporters assaulted in Gweru urban
Zimbabwe
Peace Project
April
13, 2005
Political intolerance
has reared its ugly head in Gweru, after it emerged that Zanu PF
is using youths located in ‘special’ camps to beat up MDC supporters,
apparently in retribution in the Midlands city.
The attacks
are however sporadic, perhaps owing to statements from the police
that they were on ‘high alert’ for incidents of post-election violence.
Two MDC supporters,
EM and JM were last night allegedly assaulted by 7 unidentified
Zanu PF supporters sporting t-shirts emblazoned with the constituency’s
losing candidate for Zanu PF, Enos Size, at Ascot bar.
According to
eyewitness accounts, the two were celebrating the MDC’s parliamentary
victory, after local businessman Timothy Mkahlera polled 8011 votes
against Size’s 5689.
It is said an
unidentified man used his mobile phone to call the alleged assailants
who immediately arrived from one of their bases opposite the 6 Maintenance
Company, an army establishment.
Four of the
said assailants allegedly used sjamboks in the assault, which according
to eyewitnesses was thorough. The assailants were then said to have
beat a hasty retreat in a blue Nissan Hardbody truck whose number
plates were not discernible.
The said victims,
it is said, declined to report to the police fearing further retribution.
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