3.5
COMPLAINANT D
3.5.1 Complainant stays in Komboniyatsva area in Epworth. She alleged that on
Monday 4th July 2016 she was with her two children when teargas canisters
were launched outside her house by the Anti-riot Police and the smoke
filtered into the house. She said they encountered breathing problems until
help was rendered by neighbors who poured cold water on them. She
further said that thereafter her 3 year old daughter and herself started
suffering from chest pains.
3.6
COMPLAINANT E
3.6.1 Complainant stays in Komboniyatsva area in Epworth and alleges that on
Monday the 4th of July 2016 she joined others from her community to go
and see and witness the incident that was occurring at Chiremba turn-off
bus top. She witnessed touts barricading the road and demanding other
cars to stay off the road in protest of the heavy traffic fines that they said
police was demanding from them on the road.
3.6.2 After about an hour of her arrival at the bus stop, the Anti- riot police arrived
and launched teargas canisters to disperse the crowd. The touts retaliated
by throwing stones at the police but when the teargas canisters that were
being launched increased people ran back into their homes. The Police then
started raiding homes and kicking doors open in search of all the men whom
they suspected to be the touts who had attacked them. They beat the men
up and took them to Harare Central Police Station.
3.6.3 She said she inhaled a lot of teargas and is experiencing chest pains and a
persistent flue since the 4th of July 2016 and her daughter is also
complaining of a headache and sore eyes and has not been able to attend
school.
3.6.4 She also alleges that she lost income as she failed to work for 3 days at the
open market which is located at the Chiremba turn-off bus stop where she
is a vendor because the Police was occupying that space for 3 days after
the disturbances.
3.7
Complainant F (18 year old male)
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