35 16.5 Written testimonies and hospital records While the BBC was in Zimbabwe, the crew collected 53 written testimonies in addition to the testimonies of those who had talked to them. They also collected hospital records - 250 entries listing page after page of dog bites, rapes, beatings and killings. 151 When they organised them into date order, a disturbing pattern emerged. Gunshots showed up clearly in the main period of the operation, as well as dog bites. Not only were the wounds strikingly similar, but many of the victims said they had been forbidden to receive medical attention. 152 “This wasn’t a legitimate police exercise to flush out illegal panners, this was a full-scale military operation against civilians; and our evidence clearly shows that its aim was to maim and kill,” the BBC’s Hilary Andersson concluded. 153 16.6 Response from Mines Minister Obert Mpofu Mines Minister Obert Mpofu told Agence France-Presse the claims were ‘nonsense’ and that “the allegations were based on false information intended to prevent the country benefiting from its diamond sales”. 154 16.7 Response from the Kimberley Process Asked by the BBC if the Kimberley Process (KP) was formally aware that there are torture camps open and operating in the Marange area, Nick Westcott, spokesperson for the working group on monitoring for the KP said, “No, it is not something that has been notified to the KP.” 155 “How is it that journalists know more than KP about the human rights situation on the ground in Zimbabwe?” Hilary Andersson asked. 156 “We don’t have a huge secretariat to go out and investigate. We have to operate on the basis of evidence brought together by members,” he replied. 157 151 BBC Panorama, ‘Diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered’, (notes from script) 8 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215 152 BBC Panorama, ‘Diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered’, (notes from script) 8 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215 153 BBC Panorama, ‘Diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered’, (notes from script) 8 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215 154 BBC Panorama, Marange diamonds: ‘Zim denies torture camp’, 9 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14468116#story_continues_1 155 BBC Panorama, ‘Diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered’, (notes from script) 8 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215 156 BBC Panorama, ‘Diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered’, (notes from script) 8 August 2011: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14377215