United States slammed for hypocrisy

Information minister Chris Mushowe says the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Harry Thomas Jr is a hypocrite who rushes to castigate local law enforcement agents for using minimum force to quell illegal demonstrations, but turns a blind eye when police officers in his country kill his kith and kin.

This follows the killing of a disabled black American Keith Lamonte Scott in North Carolina, US, on Tuesday.

The US ambassador has been fingered in several underhand in Zimbabwe's political violence which has escalated in the previous weeks.