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Pregnant
woman bludgeoned to death for supporting MDC
Tichaona
Sibanda, SW Radio Africa
May 22, 2008
http://www.swradioafrica.com/news220508/pregnant220508.htm
A heavily pregnant woman who was three months away from giving birth
was bludgeoned to death in a 'horrific, brutal and frenzied attack'
that left her almost unrecognisable.
Rosemary Maramba's body was found in Nhakiwa village in Mutawatawa
in Mashonaland central. Maramba is one of three people linked to
the MDC, who were murdered in the area over the weekend.
The other two are Action Nyadedzi and a village head identified
as Chitsungo. Both were leading activists in the Chitsungo area,
which is in Mutawatawa. The bodies of the three victims were taken
to a clinic mortuary in the district.
The MDC MP elect for Mbare, Piniel Denga, told us from Harare that
he was informed by concerned members of the police force of the
atrocities in Mutawatawa.
'The killing of someone who is heavily pregnant, for her political
beliefs, is an inexcusable crime that exposes attempts by Robert
Mugabe to gain power at all costs. Leaving her so brutally unrecognisable
is bad enough but what about the unborn child. This is a double
murder we are looking at,' Denga said.
The MP said Zanu-PF had adopted a new strategy where they were now
specifically targeting influential MDC activists in the rural areas.
In the past week almost all of those killed were ward chairmen,
polling agents and village heads.
'Although any death can have a massive impact in a neighbourhood,
villagers in the affected areas are telling us they are determined
to punish Mugabe at the polls for his crimes against humanity. Right
now they can't wait for the 27th June to finish him off,' Denga
added.
The Mbare MP called for the deployment of election observers and
monitors immediately, to ensure that those displaced by the violence
can go back to their areas. So far the MDC estimates that over 40
000 people in former strongholds of Zanu-PF have been forced to
flee to neighbouring towns and cities.
'They (villagers) are saying the first round was a referendum against
Mugabe, this time they're going to pass a judgement that would confine
him to the dustbins of history,' Denga said.
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