closed fearing that the looters might turn their attentions on them. Transport remained a major problem, with commuter omnibuses dropping off people along Bulawayo Road, where there was minimal violence. People had to complete their journeys on foot. Cars were stoned by youths wielding stones and sticks. Riots were reported all over the city’s high density areas; Kuwadzana, Glen View, Mufakose, Highfield, Mbare and Glen Norah, among others. It was reported that more than 500 people had been arrested in the two days of rioting, with over 200 of them being made in Chitungwiza alone. The Government announced in the evening that the Zimbabwe National Army was being deployed in all parts of Harare and Chitungwiza. The entire army was put on alert in case the situation spread to other towns, which it did (see below). Press Reports HARARE Mbare It was reported that one woman, on Monday, was mobbed by a gang at the flyover bridge that leads to Mbare and was forced to pay a Z$20 protection fee to save herself from being molested or raped. The gang demanded to know why she and other women were going about their business instead of joining them. The woman allegedly clung to one of the gang members and pleaded for her life. He demanded that she paid a protection fee, which she did. Several motorists had their windscreens smashed and doors ripped off while others lost both their car and money to the youths. Mufakose Hundreds of people entered a Spar retail outlet and walked away with food and cosmetics after breaking the glass walls. About eight riot police had been guarding the store. An outlet in the same suburb, Mr Razz, was not spared the looting which some people said went on until the early morning hours. No vehicles were allowed in or out of the suburb. Rioters targeted signposts and street lights, pulling them down. Kuwadzana The demonstrators broke into song and dance, denouncing the riot police for preventing them from looting shops, while harassing other people and motorists in Kuwadzana 2. An Air Force helicopter came to the aid of the police who were apparently failing to control the angry crowds. Soldiers in the helicopter threw teargas canisters from the air to disperse the demonstrators, who were, however, undeterred. They continued harassing motorists and blocking all roads from the city centre as human traffic became thicker. As police threw volleys of teargas canisters to the demonstrators in Kuwadzana 2, people were busy destroying property at Kuwadzana 3 and 4 shopping centres. Glen View At Glen View 3 shopping centre, during the night, about four grocery shops and a bottle store were looted. Other shops in Glen View 8 were also looted. There were attempts to set the shops on fire. The police were called on to quell violence that had erupted during the day and rounded up all of the youths who were at Glen View 1 shopping centre. In the afternoon police shot and injured a young man in the leg. He was among a crowd that had formed a circle around Tichagarika Shopping Centre in Glen View 3 shops, which had been looted the previous night. People were reportedly seeking refuge in homes close to the shopping centre which prompted the police to fire teargas canisters into the houses. Highfield At Machipisa shopping centre in Highfield two shops were cleaned out. Several arrests were made. Lusaka in Highfield became a no-go area as protesters destroyed traffic lights in all roads leading to Machipisa shopping centre. Two people were shot and injured at Machipisa shopping centre in the evening. One was shot in the hand while the other was shot in the stomach and shoulder. Although an ambulance was called to ferry one of them to the hospital, it never came; the controllers allegedly saying that they could not attend to the wounded because the roads were inaccessible. A Herald reporter on leave ended up going to the police station begging that