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ZANU PF youths led by Harare district secretary for transport Nicholas Hamadziripi yesterday unleashed violence, beating up MDC Alliance members, breaking water taps, uprooting fence poles and torching houses belonging to opposition supporters at Retreat Farm, Harare South.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Zanu PF youths were running riot, some members of the Zimbabwe National Army were terrorising people at Machipisa, in Harare\u2019s Highfield suburb, allegedly demanding bribes.
\nSpeaking to NewsDay yesterday, an MDC Alliance supporter, Terrence Kumbula, said he had escaped from the attacks by the ruling party youths and that his colleagues were not so lucky.
\nKumbula said Hamadziripi brought more than 50 youths before attacking his employees for allegedly supporting MDC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey came to Retreat Farm in Harare South in four vehicles. They were led by Nicholas Hamadziripi who is the Zanu PF secretary for transport at district level. I saw them from afar and fled from the scene. I went to make a police report.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kumbula said Hamadziripi was accompanied by Tinashe Zwengeya, Elphas Mazvimba and Terrence Magombo, among others.A video of the incident seen by this paper with youth chanting Zanu PF slogans, urging each other to destroy structures, corroborated Kumbula\u2019s narration.<\/p>\n

Hamadziripi denied being part of the group that assaulted MDC Alliance members, adding that the destruction of houses by the Zanu PF youths was above board as the place was reserved for railway infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know anything about anyone being assaulted, but from what I know, those people are MDC members and they went on to build their structures in an area that was pegged for a railway line construction,\u201d Hamadziripi said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cResidents agreed that the area must be reserved, but were surprised when they saw the place was now occupied.\u201d He did not explain why Zanu PF was acting on behalf of the government.
\n\u201cKumbula supports MDC Alliance and we want to know why he was given that area when structures belonging to Zanu PF members were destroyed. The destruction is above board.\u201d
\nPolice spokesperson Paul Nyathi said he was yet to receive the report.<\/p>\n

The violence started after acting Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa urged party supporters to beat up protesters on July 31.In an incidents witnessed by NewsDay at Machipisa, an army truck full of armed soldiers and policemen attacked residents and demanded money from their victims.<\/p>\n

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