included in this report are all backed by medical records or legal records or both, and as such are
confirmed cases. In terms of violence requiring medical attention, Harare reported 142 cases out
of the countrywide total of 190 (75%), followed by Bulawayo with 15 cases (8%). However, in
Bulawayo the violence injuries remained mainly in the “slight” category, with only three cases
requiring a night’s hospitalization. The remaining 33 cases of confirmed violence to date, reflect
isolated cases across the country, as shown in Graph 1.
Graph 1: Towns /districts with confirmed victims of political violence:
1 January to 31 March 2011
phone networks and well established networks of how to report on violent events within the opposition parties,
means that changes in statistics should not be dramatic and the current cases are a good indication of the
prevalence of more serious (ie medically significant) violence.
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