3.4 Complainant C 3.4.1 She resides in Epworth at Komboniyatsva and alleges that on Monday the 4th of July 2016 she heard that commuter omnibuses were not operating. Most residents in the residential area, including herself went to the Chiremba turn-off bus stop to establish why the commuter omnibuses were not operating. When she arrived at the bus stop, she witnessed touts (mahwindi) blockading the road and preventing cars from passing, announcing themselves to be the police for the day and declaring that no vehicles were supposed to ferry anyone since it was a stay away. They were using spikes to barricade the road. They were also breaking window screens of some cars that were on the road and demanded that people should disembark from small cars as cars were not supposed to be operating and no one was supposed to go to work. 3.4.2 There was no Anti-riot police at the time she arrived. The Anti-riot police later arrived and the touts began to throw stones at them. The riot police retreated since they were outnumbered but they requested reinforcements which came to assist. The Police sprayed paint and water from water cannons so as to disperse people especially men. 3.4.3 Most of the people ran to their houses but the Anti-riot police chased after them. The Police disembarked from the trucks and started going from house to house looking for suspects. They kicked doors open and launched teargas canisters. If there were any men present in the house, they were beaten up. Some were beaten and left behind, some fled and some were rounded and taken to Harare Central Police Station. 3.4.4 At complainant’s house, the Police threw teargas outside but it filtered into the house. She was not beaten but the teargas affected her. She feels sick since the 4th of July 2016, especially her uterus and stomach. She was living in fear because the Police spent 3 days parked at the roadside near her house after the 4th of July 2016. She said she was in perpetual fear that they might come back again. 3.4.5 Complainant alleges that the Police acted out of vengeance because they could not locate the touts who had stoned the first group of police officers who had been deployed to the area. They then embarked on indiscriminate interception and apprehension of all males between the ages of 16 to 60 years. Page 5 of 37