Zimbabwe doctors treat 68 for gunshot wounds, police arrest hundreds

[TomSea]

Zimbabwe doctors treat 68 for gunshot wounds, police arrest hundreds
MacDonald Dzirutwe

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean doctors said on Thursday they had treated nearly 70 people for gunshot wounds while police rounded up hundreds after violent protests this week triggered by a steep rise in fuel prices.

The protests, only five months after six people were killed in post-election demonstrations last August, pose a challenge for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who promised to repair the struggling economy after he replaced long-time leader Robert Mugabe following a coup in November 2017.

Three people died during the protests but rights groups, lawyers and witnesses said scores of people were beaten by soldiers, pointing to a heavy crackdown on dissent by security forces.

Continued at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-idUSKCN1PB0CZ

The more things change, they got rid of Mugabe but this must be more of the same.

[Fishrrman]

Zimbabwe -- where the only "change" is... for the worse.

[GtHawk]

Zimbabwe -- where the only "change" is... for the worse.

Oh, I thought the only change was from Bridgestone necklaces to Firestone.

[LegalAmerican]

Let them have...at it.