Harare | Wednesday
JOURNALISTS Mduduu Muthutuu and Collin Chiwanza, photojournalist Urgurnia Mauluka and their driver, all staff of the independent Daily News newspaper in Zimbabwe, were attacked by so-called war veterans on September 17, 2001.
According to reports from the Daily News, the journalists — in the company of collegues from other Harare newspapers — were visiting a farm in Wedza, 140km east of Harare. There, the homes of farm workers were being attacked and burnt by people referred to by the Zimbabwean government as resettled farmers. The police, including senior members of the force, were present during the attack.
The three journalists and their driver were singled out and attacked with bicycle chains, sticks, fists and booted feet. The attacks were brutal and all sustained facial and limb injuries requiring treatment.
There has been escalating harassment of journalists from the independent press, going back to the June 2000 elections. – Misa ZA*NOW:
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