Own Correspondent|Police were on Wednesday caught completely off guard when citizens went on a spontaneous demonstration in the Harare CBD against rising cost of living in the country.

Anti riot police were quickly summoned to quell the sitiation where they wantonly fired teargas during the evening rush hour trying to disperse the hundreds of people who took up in the demonstration.

The group of people who can not immediately be aligned to any political formation marched downtown carrying placards denouncing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.

Truckloads of police officers caught up with them around Copacapana bus terminus and were forced to fire choking smoke to disperse the group.

Some of the demonstrating youths

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