Farai Dziva|In spite of the claims by government that rubber bullets were used to disperse rowdy opposition supporters in Marondera, MDC deputy president Tendai Biti insists ZRP cops fired live ammunition at youthful party leader, Nelson Chamisa.

Biti on Tuesday met with diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe to brief them on the situation in the country and what transpired in Marondera on Sunday.

“We briefed them on the Marondera situation. We gave them a chronology of events. We told them there was no meeting, but it was just a tree-planting event,” said Biti.

He added: “They wanted the facts because government said there were no gunshots. The fact of the matter is there was live ammunition.

The whole story doesn’t hold water. Even if they only released teargas, as they lie, why do that?”