Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Member of Parliament for Bulawayo East, Thabitha Khumalo, was admitted to hospital after inhaling teargas fired by riot police near the party’s headquarters in Harare on Wednesday.
It is reported that Khumalo is under medical care after suffering asphyxiation from dangerous tear-gas.
Police brutality knew no bounds as journalists including elected Members of Parliament were not spared, from their violent attacks. This is notwithstanding the widespread condemnation they have received in Zimbabwe and internationally after they made similar attacks on innocent civilians during the #Totalshutdown campaign.
At least 85 anti-government protesters were seriously injured in Harare when heavily armed riot police tried to stop them from marching towards Parliament.
According to Jacob Ngarivhume, a member of the opposition Transform Zimbabwe party, “We have more than 85 people who were severely injured, and we are still trying to collate the figures of [others] injured.”
Trigger-happy riot police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators, many of whom were carrying “Mugabe must go” placards, even though the courts had approved the march despite resistance from the Zanu PF-aligned police force.
“Mugabe and his government need to step aside and allow citizens to rebuild their country,” said Promise Mkwananzi, spokeswoman of the #Tajamuka campaign that has been leading several daring anti-government protests in the past weeks.
