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. Page 3 of 37

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