Chiwenga yet to release a statement

Zimbabwe's acting president Constatino Chiwenga has not yet released a statement in response to the violence that resulted in the death of at least five people on Monday.

The deceased and injured were shot by live ammunition discharged for automatic weapons, the report says.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa skipped the carnage by traveling to Moscow as protests erupted across his country Monday.

Mnangagwa is currently on a five country visit in Eastern Europe.