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(News of the South)- HARARE.-President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he has ordered the arrest of members of the security forces who were caught on camera by Sky News brutalizing a citizen they had arrested during the violent protests.
This comes at a time when Government is in constant accusation of the opposition MDC Alliance for the violence that took place the past few weeks during the shutdown with state media neglecting reports of security forces’ brutality against citizens.
“I was appalled by today’s @SkyNews report. That is not the Zimbabwean way,” President Mnangagwa said in a tweet.
“I have instructed that the individuals behind this be arrested and encourage all those impacted to contact the authorities and file an official complaint.”
The poor citizen who was in cuffs hat his head struck with a truncheon by a police man on Saturday, accompanied by a soldier and a plain clothed security agent who slapped, punched and kicked the man in broad daylight.
The Sky News crew then followed the group on Harare’s Chirembra Road as the
officers ordered the victim to run, then bundled him into a private taxi.
Caught on camera, the policeman then dragged the man out and the group started hitting his face as he sat handcuffed on the ground while onlookers covered their eyes.
Another man in handcuffs was then pulled from the van and ordered to drive the commandeered taxi.
More than 650 people have been arrested and detained over the past two weeks, and hundreds more beaten as the police and military sweep through towns and cities in the country.
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