Zimbabwe anti-riot police drive 'veterans' off holiday resorts

Zimbabwean police drove out scores of so-called war veterans after they declared themselves new owners of several tourist resorts, a minister and media reports say.
Minister of State Jameson Timba said the confiscation of the resort was illegal and he had called in police to put a stop to them after he received pleas from the businesses' owners.
"They were moved out yesterday by riot police," Timba told Agence France Presse.
"There were about 200 of them. Fortunately there was no damage to property."
Police could not be reached for comment.
Zimbabwe's land reform has has seen 4500 farms expropriated by the state after being seized by people claiming to be veterans of the liberation war.
Zanu-PF on Monday denied involvement in Saturday's seizures.
"These actions could not have been perpetrated by our members," Ignatius Chombo, Zanu-PF's secretary for land reform, told the state-run Herald newspaper.
"Zanu-PF will not support such behaviour," said Chombo, who is also minister for local government in the power-sharing coalition