obtain the names and service numbers of three other senior ranking army officers operating in the area. The following accounts gathered by Human Rights Watch point directly to army involvement in abuses in various provinces. In Mashonaland East, a 26-year-old MDC youth activist told Human Rights Watch that on April 15 uniformed and armed soldiers descended on a safe house in Murehwa Town Centre for MDC activists who had fled political violence in rural Murehwa: At around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, a pickup truck arrived at the gate of our safe house with about 15 soldiers in uniform; many of them had rifles and hand guns. One of them pulled out his gun and shouted, “We have found the people we are looking for, let us beat them!” and he began to advance towards the house. We all ran in different directions. Unfortunately for me, l panicked and fled into the house where four soldiers followed me and began to beat me with the butts of their guns on the head, saying they were looking for me—but they did not know it was me they were beating. They also used batons to beat me. As l ran towards their truck at the gate, one soldier pulled out a gun and pointed it at my head and tripped me so that l fell to the ground. While l was on the ground more soldiers came to beat me and to kick me in the ribs and stomach, after some time l got up and began to run away towards a nearby village. I have a heavily swollen right hand, severe chest pains, as well as pain in my sides and legs. I also have some injuries on my head.47 In Zinoro Village, Mutoko North district, Mashonaland East a 32-year-old man who contested the March 29 elections as an MDC councilor, alleged that he was attacked by soldiers and police officers: 47 Human Rights Watch interview with MDC activist, Harare, April 17, 2008 “Bullets for Each of You” 24