Suspected gunshots rang in the Harare central business
district yesterday evening as suspected MDC-T activists and cellphone traders
engaged in running battles.
The battles started slightly after 5pm, when the suspected
MDC-T members allegedly tried to grab the wares of the traders, who operate
along Angwa Street between Kwame Nkrumah and Jason Moyo.
NewsDay was on the scene and spoke to one of the cellphone
dealers involved in the skirmishes, who declined to be named.
“These MDC guys always come and take our wares everyday,
but today, we just said no and decided to fight back,” he said.
“We have put up with them too much and now we are fighting
back.”
Witnesses, who spoke to NewsDay, said the fight started
when the MDC-T activists allegedly approached the traders.
The dealers responded by throwing stones at the party
members, driving them back. It is alleged that some dealers fired two gun
shots, pegging back the MDC-T members.
Shops in the area quickly responded by ending business
early and closing shop.
The MDC-T activists allegedly responded by throwing stones
back at the cellphone dealers, but were quickly overwhelmed by the increasing
numbers of the dealers, who came wielding rods and a gun.
The battles were quelled after an hour and half when riot
police arrived on the scene and dispersed the two groups.
Efforts to get a comment from the police or MDC-T were
fruitless last night. Newsday
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