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Zanu PF youth camp at the NERA protest venue
23 Sep 2016 at 16:19hrs | Views
Zanu PF youth in Uzumba ward 6 reportedly camped at the venue where opposition political parties under the National Electoral Reform Agenda were scheduled to gather for the protest.
This was revealed by the Heal Zimbabwe Trust in its report.
"After members of the police denied organizers of the NERA demonstration in Uzumba ward 6 permission to demonstrate at Mutawatawa growth point, Zanu PF youths on 17 September 2016, camped at the venue where the demonstration was supposed to take place," reported the trust.
"They started singing sloganeering and openly told people who had come for the demonstration that they were going to assault anyone who would participate in the demonstration. The youths also told people that they are immune to arrests since the police "belong" to their party. As they continued to camp at the venue, an unidentified blue Ford ranger truck without number plates was spotted patrolling at the growth point."
The trust said the four men in the vehicle asked vendors at the market if they knew the person who had mobilized community members for the demonstration.
"Most opposition supporters in the area who occupy leadership posts have since fled the area and sought refuge in nearby districts," said the trust.
This was revealed by the Heal Zimbabwe Trust in its report.
"After members of the police denied organizers of the NERA demonstration in Uzumba ward 6 permission to demonstrate at Mutawatawa growth point, Zanu PF youths on 17 September 2016, camped at the venue where the demonstration was supposed to take place," reported the trust.
"They started singing sloganeering and openly told people who had come for the demonstration that they were going to assault anyone who would participate in the demonstration. The youths also told people that they are immune to arrests since the police "belong" to their party. As they continued to camp at the venue, an unidentified blue Ford ranger truck without number plates was spotted patrolling at the growth point."
The trust said the four men in the vehicle asked vendors at the market if they knew the person who had mobilized community members for the demonstration.
"Most opposition supporters in the area who occupy leadership posts have since fled the area and sought refuge in nearby districts," said the trust.
Source - Byo24News
