A cop at a roadblock in Masvingo on Tuesday threatened to shoot a TellZim journalist.

The police officer had demanded that Upenyu Chaota go back home as ‘nobody’ was allowed to get into town.

The journalist was then detained for an hour and forced to sit on the ground.

Brandishing an assault rifle, the officer refused to accept Chaota’s presscard saying he was illiterate and could not read. Under the Covid-19 national lockdown regulations, the media are considered an essential service provider. The lockdown is very tight in Masvingo today- source :TellZim News