Hooligans believed to be MDC-Alliance members yesterday
afternoon barricaded roads and burnt tyres near Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza
at the time when 12 activists arrested for violence over the weekend were
denied bail.
The tyres were left in the middle of the road near
C-junction in Seke. When police attended the scene, the culprits had already
disappeared.
Police officer commanding Harare Province, Commissioner
Bernard Dumbura, confirmed receiving the report.
“We received a report that the road had been barricaded and
when our officers arrived, there was no one at the scene,” he said.
According to police, no one was injured neither was there
any damage to property.
Police said they would remain firm on the ground to thwart
any criminal activities and to ensure sanity prevailed.
The 12 suspects arrested on Saturday in connection with
violence that broke out in St Mary’s appeared before Harare provincial
magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro who remanded them in custody to March
12.
The court heard bail applications from four defence
lawyers, including MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, but resolved to
lock up the suspects after finding them unsuitable for bail.
Ms Muchuchuti ruled that there was strong evidence linking
the 12 to the offence and that they deserved to be in custody in the public
interest. Herald
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