Thirteen MDC members were assaulted, and two of them seriously injured, after they refused to surrender their party documents to ZANU PF supporters in the area. Peter Katsokonye, speaking from his hospital bed in Harare, said they were attacked last Tuesday by a group of men as they left an MDC meeting.
“They used stones and sticks to assault me, while shouting ‘why are you rejecting to join us, and why are you continuing to attend MDC meetings’,” he said. “I only managed to identify three war veterans. They left me unconscious and I was picked up by passers-by. MDC district chair for the area Chengatanai Chimunhu said meetings were being interrupted by Zanu supporters. MDC followers were also being forced to attend ZANU rallies.
“Even the police in the area are refusing to sanction our meetings. ZANU leaders in the area are telling people that the inclusive government is between President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai in Harare and not in this area. Our people are being followed individually and being threatened that they are going to be killed come the next election period,” said Chimunhu.
“What disappoints us is that these are the same people who caused terror last year and they are at it again and are boasting that they are immune to prosecution.”
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