Farai Dziva|A freelance journalist, Terence Sipuma was bashed by overzealous police details in Harare on Saturday.

According to MISA Zimbabwe, Sipuma was assaulted by members of the police force and soldiers in Harare as he was conducting his duties.

Sipuma was stopped by the security officers at the Kuwadzana roundabout while on his way to Chegutu to report on the country’s 21-day COVID-19 lockdown.

“They asked where I was going and the moment I showed them my journalism I.D. (accreditation) card, I was asked to lie down (on the ground) and was beaten being accused of exposing them.

They took my phone and as they were searching through the phone, they promised me that they were going to do more if I had videos or pictures of that operation,” Sipuma related his ordeal to MISA Zimbabwe.

MISA Zimbabwe has called on the police and the Zimbabwe Media Commission to urgently investigate cases involving continued harassment of journalists.