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Tuesday 9 February, 2010   HEADLINES
Women arrested, activist shot print friendly version  
author/source:SW Radio Africa
published:Thu 17-Jun-2004
posted on this site:Fri 18-Jun-2004
Article Type : News
Without provocation, one of the policeman, a constable Mufurutsa, allegedly pulled out his gun and shot the 51 year-old MDC ward member and activist in the abdomen
Four activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) who were arrested and detained overnight by the police in Bulawayo have been released without charge. The four, Magodonga Mahlangu, Patricia Khanye, Siphiwe Maseko and Emily Mpofu were arrested together with forty other WOZA women during a meeting at Machobane community Hall in the Western suburbs of the city Wednesday. The other forty were released Wednesday but the remaining four were charged with contravening section 24 of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA). National co-ordinator of WOZA, Jenni Williams said the four appeared in court this afternoon and were released after the state prosecutor conceded that they lacked evidence to convict the activists.

The police in the Rhodesville suburb of Harare have been accused of shooting an MDC activist who was relaxing at home in the garden with some friends last Saturday afternoon. Ringson Mutandagai opened the gate for 2 policemen who had knocked. Without provocation, one of the policeman, a constable Mufurutsa, allegedly pulled out his gun and shot the 51 year-old MDC ward member and activist in the abdomen. Shocked witnesses in the garden phoned an ambulance and report that the police continued talking to their friends about personal matters on their mobile phones while the victim lay there bleeding. The police version is of course very different. They allege that the victim attempted to escape while in police custody for an unspecified incident. The other policemen who were present are not even mentioned in the report. Ringson Mutandagai is now at Parirenyatwa hospital recovering from a very serious operation on his stomach.

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