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Police, army evict Zanu-PF youths
13 May 2015 at 07:20hrs | Views
A joint security services operation on Sunday evicted scores of Zanu-PF youths who had invaded an 82 hectares Anglican Church plot in Chitungwiza between St Mary's Police Station and Chikwanha shopping centre.
The youths have been parcelling out the church land into an unplanned settlement in the sprawling dormitory town despite a High Court order interdicting them from illegally and forcibly taking over the church property.
Witnesses confirmed the running battles at the plot when a joint police/military operation drove out the party youths and those illegally resettled on the stands.
"The police and military officers came around 8am and rounded up all the people who were on the land questioning who had authorised them to settle on the church land before they assaulted some of the youths with baton sticks," Chris Moyo, a resident, said.
Another witness James Magombo said: "The military were in a no-nonsense mood and violently drove out the youths from the land, reminding them not to abuse President Robert Mugabe's name in their nefarious activities.
Source - newsday