The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information,
Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana says the move by
government to block internet connectivity at the height of the terrorist
attacks by hooligans backed by the opposition MDC Alliance last week was a
justified operational procedure under the circumstances.
With Zimbabwe under siege from sponsored hooligans who
attacked citizens and police stations indiscriminately in violent
demonstrations that cost lives and property, government had no option but to
act decisively to protect innocent citizens.
Mr Mangwana said there is nothing peculiar about Zimbabwe shutting
down internet, which was used as the medium of communications by the
masterminds behind the attacks as other countries have equally exercised such
operational strategies when faced with terror attacks.
He also said the discourse that is being peddled by the
organisers of the riotous demonstrations that the hooligans were unarmed is a
fallacy.
Zimbabwe was rocked by violent demonstrations organised by
the opposition MDC Alliance and identified non-governmental organisations last
week, resulting in extensive damage to property, injury to innocent citizens
and even the death of a police officer in Bulawayo. zbc
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