On the afternoon of October 15 the public was reminded of how brutal the Zimbabwean police deals with public demonstrations as authorities violently crushed of a demonstration held by the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu), a body that represents students from the country’s various tertiary institutions.
The students had decided to take their demo to the parliament buildings in Harare’s city centre, where parliament had an afternoon sitting before they where stopped in their tracks by a large contingent of riot police that was armed to the teeth.
The riot police had disembarked from three police Lorries, armed with button sticks and teargas canisters.
The riot poilce charged into the crowd of students, beating them, stomping them, rather, showing no mercy for the unarmed students.
Dispite POSA, the constituion of Zimbabwe guarantees the freedom of expression, something riot police don’t know or just ignore.
The singing students scattered in all directions, running pell mell hoping to escape the brutal police. Some of the students blended into the crowd that has assembelled to witness the police madness. Members from the public stared in disbelief and utter shock as some of the students, who had been identified by the police, were pulled from amongst them and assaulted before being ushered into waiting police trucks and taken into custody.
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