Chamisa halts keynote address as Zanu-pf thugs attacks crowd
Political Correspondent
CITIZENS Coalition Change leader Nelson Chamisa has been forced to stop his keynote address in Kwekwe halfway through after suspected Zanu-pf thugs began to throw stones on the opposition party’s crowd.
The party’s spokespeson Fadzayi Mahere confirmed the development in a twitter update.
“Zanu-pf thugs have unleashed an orgy of violence on our supporters at the #YellowKwekweRally.Many have been brutally injured.The attackers charged at our supporters with metal bars and weapons #Developing,” she said.
Chamisa could be heard shouting: “Those who are causing violence are not our people, they don’t belong to us.”
But the attack continued relentlessly.
An announcer who immediately took over from Chamisa could be heard encouraging the party youths to retaliate.
“All youths please fight back,” he shouted, but they appeared to be completely overrun.
This comes barely day after his Gokwe rally was abandoned after his supporters were teargassed and beaten by police who insisted the rally had been banned a High Court authorising it.
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Sources at the event said Chamisa could be heard shouting: “Those who are causing violence are not our people, they don’t belong to us.”
But the attack continued relentlessly.
An announcer who immediately took over from Chamisa could be heard encouraging the party youths to retaliate.
“All youths please fight back,” he shouted, but they appeared to be completely overrun.
This comes barely day after his Gokwe rally was abandoned after his supporters were teargassed and beaten by police who insisted the rally had been banned a High Court authorising it.