Table 6: Demographic characteristics of Food Riots victims Gender Male Female 30 14 Average age 27 Marital status Single Married Divorced Widowed Not recorded 15 16 3 1 9 Employment Employed Unemployed 28 16 A high number were unemployed, and this may be important in making this group more vulnerable to civil disturbance since they were more likely to be at home and possibly more vulnerable to arrest for this reason. Additionally, there were students and pupils affected. Of those who were employed, most had formal employment (Table 7). It is also worth commenting that several members of this group became unemployed as a consequence of either the injury or the period spent away from work as a result of the injury. This is reflected in the claims for damages. Table 7: Forms of employment among Riots Victims Student Pupil Vendor General hand Formal employment Self-employed 4 3 2 3 9 7 One complaint was brought on behalf of a deceased person, whilst 13 were complaints about injuries due to bullet wounds (Table 8). The majority brought complaints about assaults, and some of these experienced these assaults during detention. Table 8: Complaints by victims of Food Riots 1 13 30 11 Death Bullet wounds Assaults Detention It is significant that the report issued by ZRP General Headquarters made no mention of deaths or injuries due to gunshot wounds, and the ZNA, according to press reports, claims that no shots were fired by members of the ZNA. Furthermore, there is no mention in the ZRP report of complaints of assaults, nor that any investigations were pending into charges of assaults. As can be seen from Table 9, most persons were injured by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, but a large number were also injured by members of the Zimbabwe National Army. Some were injured by more than one branch – uniform branch and support unit of the ZRP – or more than one agency – ZRP and ZNA. 9