By Own Correspondent- Police in the company of Harare City council municipal officers this afternoon stormed 263Chat offices and fired teargas at journalists before allegedly stealing yet to be named gadgets.

The police, were reportedly irked by one of the journalists Lovejoy Mutongwiza who was filming them as they engaged in running battles with vendors on the streets of Harare.

The gun totting policemen took aim at Mutongwiza who sought refuge at his offices with the police in hot pursuit.

They then threw a teargas cannister inside the 263 newsroom and reportedly stole gadgets.

The journalists said they were going to make a police report.

Said one of the journalists Costa Nkomo:

Attention Mayor Herbet Gomba, Information ministry, so today the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the company of municipal council police invaded our offices pursuing my colleague Lovejoy Mutongwiza who was taking pictures in CBD and fired tear gas inside our office, stole our valuables and left. This is satanic.