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Gwanda Police clash with residents
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP)
October 17, 2012

On Monday (15 October) evening, Police in Gwanda town clashed with residents of Garikai location and fired teargas before assaulting and seriously injuring 12 residents including the wife of a murder suspect who was critically injured and had to be hospitalised. The other victims were denied medical treatment at Gwanda hospital after hospital staff demanded clearance letters from the police.

The armed Riot police then invaded bars and nightclubs and assaulted patrons in the following areas Pakama, Garikai,Ultra and Spitzkop on Monday and Tuesday night injuring more residents. The brutal attack and clashes came after the stabbing to death of a plainclothes officer by a suspected gold panner on Monday. Residents of the town are now gripped with fear of more attacks.

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