Zanu-PF youths go bersek in Chitungwiza

Violent Zanu-PF youths went on a rampage yesterday beating up everyone they perceived to be MDC supporters in Chitungwiza.

The violence is said to have started on Saturday.

The Zanu-PF youths who are notorious for grabbing any open space in St Marys and Manyame areas and setting up illegal housing structure are forcing vendors and other residents to join their party by paying a membership fee of $20.

The youths claimed yesterday that they had been given orders by senior party members (names supplied) to grab land as Zanu-PF was going to forcefully influence council to regularize this during the ongoing regularization exercise of illegal stands.

Eye witnesses said more than four people were beaten badly with another one being taken to the hospital with a broken on Saturday.