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MDC-N, Zapu Hail The Death Of Kim Jong-il, Gukurahundi trainer
20 Dec 2011 at 05:37hrs | Views
Zapu and MDC-N have hailed the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il who died on Saturday saying the man was behind the massacres of thousands of Zimbabweans during the Gukurahundi massacres in 1980s, the RadioVOP reported on Tuesday.
Kim Jong-il ruled North Korea with an iron fist for the past 17 years. During the Gukurahundi massacres he was in control of the country's army which trained Mugabe's Five Brigade unit. The unit was later deployed to Midlands and Matabeleland regions in an operation code named Gukurahundi which killed over 20 000 innocent people for no reason.
Zapu has said it's not its culture to celebrate anyone's death. However, in this case the party has no option but to welcome the passing-on of the North Korean dictator. "This is the man whose government trained Zanu-PF's killing machine, the Fifth Brigade that went on to kill well over 20 000 innocent civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands,"
Edwin Ndlovu spokesperson MDC-N told RadioVOP that his party "will not shed any crocodile tears for the trainer of Gukurahundi, the only problem about his death is that it was before he could account for his actions, we are not apologetic about that."
For about five years, the Five Brigade massacred innocent civilians using the excuse that there had been insurgency in the Zapu strongholds.
Some of the people civilians butchered during this period were buried in mass graves while some were thrown in disused mines. President Robert Mugabe has refused to apologise for the killings although the Zimbabwean leader has called the crackdown a "moment of madness."
Kim Jong-il ruled North Korea with an iron fist for the past 17 years. During the Gukurahundi massacres he was in control of the country's army which trained Mugabe's Five Brigade unit. The unit was later deployed to Midlands and Matabeleland regions in an operation code named Gukurahundi which killed over 20 000 innocent people for no reason.
Zapu has said it's not its culture to celebrate anyone's death. However, in this case the party has no option but to welcome the passing-on of the North Korean dictator. "This is the man whose government trained Zanu-PF's killing machine, the Fifth Brigade that went on to kill well over 20 000 innocent civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands,"
For about five years, the Five Brigade massacred innocent civilians using the excuse that there had been insurgency in the Zapu strongholds.
Some of the people civilians butchered during this period were buried in mass graves while some were thrown in disused mines. President Robert Mugabe has refused to apologise for the killings although the Zimbabwean leader has called the crackdown a "moment of madness."
Source - RadioVOP
