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Post-election violence 2008 - Index of articles & images
Report
on post-election violence (with images)
Zimbabwe Human
Rights Association (ZimRights)
April 30, 2008
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The following report
is aimed at showing the violence, destruction of property and displacements
of people happening in the areas visited by ZimRights following
reports by its members. The reports were collected in Marondera
urban, Pfungwe, Mutoko, Driefontein Mission near Mvuma and Harare.
Marondera
At least five houses
were stoned in the Cherutombo high density suburb of Marondera on
Saturday the 13th of April by suspected ruling party youths that
are camped at two houses in the same area. These houses include
House Numbers 1425, 3096 and 3097. These houses belong to MDC members.
Two youths said that
they reported their case to some police details who were patrolling
at a shopping centre near their house. The police details are said
to have promised them that they would investigate.
A couple residing at
House Number 3086 Mhukahuru Road close to the young men was assaulted
by a group of Zanu PF youths. The wife explained that on that Saturday
they had been warming themselves by a fire around 7:00 PM when the
perpetrators, one of whom was identified as Mususa, who were wearing
Zanu PF T-shirts came and started to assault them, starting with
the husband. They were assaulted with a chain. The wife sustained
bruises when she fell after attempting to jump over a pile of bricks
as she was being assaulted. They reported the case to the police
(RRB No. 04/08) and were advised to seek treatment and to produce
a medical report.
It is reported that the
youths doing all this, some of whom have since been arrested, are
camped at House Numbers 1132 and 2263 in the same suburb.
Pfungwe
Nearly 20 families of
opposition supporters in Pondoro Village, which is in Ward 2 of
Pfungwe rural area woke up during the night of 16 April to find
their houses blazing after being allegedly petrol-bombed by mobs
of Zanu PF supporters. The families included the losing Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate for the area, Mr. Chimunhu
and the opposition party's Election Director for the Maramba-Pfungwe
constituency, Mr. Levy Chiodza.
At Mr Chimunhu's
homestead, there is only a young man staying there after all other
members of the family have fled to Harare. Mr Chimunhu reports that
violence and intimidation started on the 8th of April.
The matter was reported
to the police under Case No. RRB No 851208 and the investigating
officer is Nyahwema. No arrests have been made as yet.
Mr Chimunhu estimates
that a group of about two hundred persons are involved in the violence.
The following are the people he was able to identify: Christopher
Mashoko, Oswel Kasakura, Dovshal Mutekede, Raphael Chimunhu, Aleck
Mbofana and Aleck Chiumbi.
All the property, both
movable and immovable were destroyed and that includes three round
huts and one 3-roomed house.
On 16 April
2008, one Fadzai Pasipanodya also of the same area got information
from his brother to the effect that his house had been set ablaze
by Zanu PF supporters. He had left the area when he got wind that
Zanu PF supporters were after him.
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