Table 8: Violations taking place at homes – 2001 to 2008 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Totals Abduction 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 (2%) Assault 7 9 16 4 0 0 1 24 61 (15%) 23 24 22 7 5 0 0 31 112 (27%) Murdered 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 (1%) Threatened 5 6 3 5 1 0 1 34 55 (13%) Torture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 (3%) Separation 7 7 12 2 1 0 0 14 43 (10%) Witnessed 31 39 16 6 1 1 0 27 121 (29%) Total: 75 88 70 24 8 1 2 150 418 Percentage: 18 21 17 6 2 0 0 36 Displacement There is a consistency to many of these reports, as illustrated by the case below, with parents being assaulted (sometimes tortured) in front of children, the family home being destroyed (usually by arson), goods and livestock stolen, and the family being displaced (frequently ending up internally displaced). The male victim reports that he was assaulted and had his home set on fire by ZANU PF youths who came to his home at night and forced him and his family out of the home before setting it on fire. They then assaulted the victim, his wife and young children with sticks, booted feet and open hands. They also took the victim‟s livestock. It takes little imagination to understand the terror caused to young children from such a frightening experience, nor the adversity that followed being internally displaced. 3.3.2 Perpetrators The most frequently identified perpetrators were similar to those mentioned above and in other human rights reports – ZANU PF supporters (31%), ZANU PF Youth (24%), and war veterans (18%). 16