Tsvangirai's youths, Mugabe's cops in fierce clashes

Several shops and offices along Nelson Mandela Avenue and other streets in Harare temporarily closed yesterday as anti-riot police and MDC-T youths fought running battles in the city centre.

A total of 35 people some of them MDC-T youths and others who claimed they were vendors and passers-by were arrested in the latest episode of violence, as political temperatures soar.

Parts of the central business district resembled a warzone, as violent clashes erupted when police tried to block a demonstration by the youths, who were demanding the immediate resignation of President Robert Mugabe, whom they blamed for the worsening economic challenges.