96 Amani Trust case number 600 Report number Sex male 72 Name A.M Age 33 ID number Province Manicaland District Buhera Employment unemployed Date of report 15/01/02 Nature of incident Assault Date of incident 12/01/02 Perpetrators Case history A.M. was waiting at the Murambinda Growth Point to attend an MDC rally on 12/01/02. Approximately eighty to one hundred Zanu PF supporters approached A.M. and he was attacked with rocks, knives, stones and iron bars. He was treated at Murambinda Hospital and then fled to Harare for safety. Medical assessment SRQ-8 Score: 4 On clinical examination 3 days after the event, the patient had a sutured deep laceration on his fronto-parietal scalp, and a painful left shoulder and chest. He also had swollen tender forearms and right calf. His chest xray and arm xrays revealed no fractures, and the injuries resolved with analgesia and physiotherapy. AMANI TRUST: Beating your opposition. Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.