POLICE yesterday had to disperse rowdy MDC-A youths who
chanted slogans, disrupted traffic and harassed vendors along Nelson Mandela
Avenue and First Street in Harare.
They had gathered outside Harvest House after the party had cancelled a rally
approved by police in the open area near Exhibition Park and opted for the
party headquarters.
Police ordered the party’s supporters to assemble inside
the venue and vacate the streets but they defied the order.
The police intervention then came after the rowdy
supporters continued waving placards, singing and chanting before the arrival
of party leader Nelson Chamisa.
Some shops such as OK First Street, TV Sales & Home,
Bata and FBC Bank headquarters were temporarily closed and reopened later after
police intervention.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul
Nyathi said: “The police engaged some MDC-Alliance officials including
(Chamisa’s spokesperson)Nkululeko
Sibanda and asked them remove their supporters from the road but some of them
became confrontational and stoned one police officer, who was injured and taken
to hospital.” Herald
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