Press Reports HARARE Glen View and Budiriro A seven-year-old boy died of injuries suffered in the looting stampede at Tichagarika Shopping Centre in Glen View 3 on Tuesday. The boy was identified as Redias Musona of Budiriro. He died on admission to Harare Central Hospital. He was found lying in agony and with injuries believed to have been inflicted by glass or a bottle when a mob retreated from a volley of teargas fire from a helicopter. It is suspected that the mob ran over him. A patrol team from Glen Norah police station in the area whisked him to the hospital where he later died. Helicopters were not only deployed into Glen View, but also into Budiriro, to ward off rioters who wanted to continue looting. The situation came under control after the army was deployed on Tuesday evening. Mabvuku and Tafara Some shop owners in Mabvuku and Tafara began what they were calling “a big clean up” of the debris from smashed shops. Long queues formed outside less damaged shops as children waited to buy groceries, mainly bread and milk. Residents complained of hunger in the aftermath of the two days of rioting. Shops were destroyed and looted of all the food. In town supermarkets remained closed with nowhere to buy the daily essentials. Epworth People were reporting being hungry in Epworth because of the looting during the food riots. There was no food left. Some parents decided not to take any chances and kept their children at home. Despite the calm, some schools remained closed. Students at Domboramwari Secondary School said school authorities had closed the school because teachers had failed to turn up due to problems with transport caused by the riots. Local buses, most of them with broken windows from the riots, ferried workers into town. Some motorists unsure of the safety of their cars along the way took buses and left cars behind. Soldiers recovered tins of beef and beans, packets of rice and empty soft drink crates in maize fields near Domboramwari Shopping Centre. Police briefly held suspects in connection with the alleged loot. A man suspected of having used his truck to carry the loot was questioned and later released. Thursday, 22 January 1999 Although Harare was much quieter on Thursday, there were still reports of incidents from many suburbs. The major activity was in centres outside Harare. The effect of putting the army into the situation had been a dramatic reduction in incidents. Outside Harare, the unrest continued in areas in Mashonaland West, Mazvingo and the Midlands. Very few incidents were reported from either Matabeleland North or South. Press Reports HARARE Although the Government appealed to schools to open, most school in the high-density suburbs remained closed. Only a few in the low-density suburbs remained open. Some parents had withdrawn their children when the riots began while others were asked to withdraw their children from boarding schools because of food shortages. Chinyaradzo Children's Home ran out of perishables during the strife forcing the matron, Mrs Stella Mesikano, to ask for police escort to look for mealie-meal. One resident ended up giving five dozen buns to the home for the 63 children housed there. However, Harare Children's Home director, Mrs Maria Sithole, said they had just managed to meet the food demands of the 70 children at the home. The stocks had dwindled to very low levels.