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Zim: Violent demonstrations against Roy Bennett

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Original Post Date: 2004-05-21 Time: 15:40:52  Posted By: Jan

Harare – Ruling-party militants smashed windows and attacked a man at an opposition office as a demonstration turned violent on THursday, said opposition officials. The demonstration came after a brawl in the Zimbabwe parliament against an MP who traded blows with two government ministers. About 400 Zanu-PF protesters gathered outside parliament to demand that Movement for Democratic Change representative Roy Bennett be expelled from both the house and the country. During a debate on Tuesday, Bennett pushed the justice and anti-corruption ministers to the floor in response to racial taunts. One minister told him he would never set foot in his southeastern Chimanimani constituency again. Independent journalists were chased away when they tried to hear two other ministers address the crowd on Thursday. White passers-by fled as the protesters then marched to the MDC party offices, accompanied by riot police. MDC spokesperson Paul Themba-Nyathi said the police initially stood by as the protesters smashed windows, tore down a metal grill and wrecked the reception area. They later sealed the building and conducted a search, claiming the MDC had abducted four protesters, said Themba-Nyathi. He said he saw a middle-aged man punched, beaten to the ground and kicked by the protesters. The British embassy was among a number of diplomatic missions that allowed staff to go home early because of the protest, said spokesperson Sophie Honey. Police assistant commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena was “not feeling well” and unable to take calls, according to a woman who answered his phone. She did not give her name. State-run radio, which speaks for the government, maintained the protest was peaceful. Zimbabwe authorities have recently stepped up a crackdown on dissent, arresting opposition leaders and closing down the country’s only independent daily newspaper.

Source: ZWNEWS.COM