gathered at Chiremba turn off. They informed him that there was no vehicle
allowed to ferry people to work that day and that no one was getting into
town. Complainant returned home where he had left his girlfriend.
3.2.3 When he got home, Complainant went to bed and slept. While he was
sleeping, there was a knock at the door. He opened the door and the police
instructed him to come out of the house. He informed the police who were
knocking that he was finishing to dress up. The police responded by
shouting that he was part of the people who were causing noise at the bus
stop and they went ahead to unleash four dogs into the house. The dogs
were under instructions to bite men only. The dogs attacked him, leaving
his girlfriend unharmed. They bit him on his legs, with his left leg sustaining
deep injuries on the calf. The police instructed Complainant to pull the dogs
outside but he was already badly bitten. The police got into the house and
pulled the dogs out. They were six (6) policemen.
3.2.4 Complainant was ordered to come out of the house. When he got out, the
police started beating him up with baton sticks and slapping him all over his
body. He was ordered to run to the police vehicle which was ferrying all the
men who had been rounded up from houses to Harare Central Police
Station. When Complainant got to the police vehicle, the police who were
there started beating him up with slaps and baton sticks all over his body
and under his feet.
3.2.5 Complainant was ferried together with the other men to Harare Central
Police Station. He was taken to Parirenyatwa hospital for bandaging of the
wounds he had sustained only. No other medication, including anti-rabies
vaccinations were given to him. He returned to Harare Central Police
Station where he spent two nights. He, together with others who had been
arrested in connection with the stay away disturbances were then taken to
court on the 6th of July where they were remanded to the 7 th of July 2016.
While he was in remand, he only had his wounds bandaged at the Remand
Hospital but received no other treatment. Complainant could not attend
court on the 7th because of the injuries but bail was applied for him in
absentia by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and was paid
on his behalf by the Counselling Services Unit. He was released on the 9 th
of July 2016 and taken to Avenues Clinic by the Counselling Services Unit,
where he was admitted.
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