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Zanu-PF youths storm church over land
27 Apr 2015 at 08:02hrs | Views
At least 1 000 Zanu-PF youths yesterday stormed St Mary's Anglican Church in Chitungwiza and disrupted the service demanding an audience with the church's leadership over a piece of land they want to grab and subdivide into residential stands for party members.
The youths, some of whom appeared drunk, sang and chanted party slogans as they took hostage and blocked church members from leaving the premises for over three hours.
They only dispersed following the intervention of riot police.
The ruling party supporters accused the church of illegally grabbing the disputed 82 hectare land from local people during the colonial era. The disputed land is located between St Mary's Police Station and Chikwanha business centre.
The youths were clad in Zanu-PF regalia and were addressed by Zanu-PF's Innocent Hamandishe before he met church leadership over the matter.
Source - newsday
