Paul Nyathi
The opposition MDC Alliance has heavily condemned the killing of two men in a gun shootout with members of the security forces.
The two men, who are yet to be identified, killed a member of the Zimbabwe National Army on Saturday at a Chivhu police post and disarmed the soldiers of two AK47 before fleeing into the near by bush.
Joint operation of the police and the army tracked them down and caught up with them near Gutu where gun exchange took place leaving the two suspects dead and a soldier injured.
In a Tweet on Sunday, MDC Vice President Tendai Biti condemned the killing of the thugs indicating that they should have been captured and brought to court for justice to take its course.
https://twitter.com/BitiTendai/status/1302669216600989704?s=20
Party spokesperson, Fadzai Mahere, also condemned goverment for the killing.
Who decided that these citizens killed the soldier? By what process? What happened to arresting, investigating & prosecuting? These extrajudicial killings point to a breakdown of our social structure. This illegality, violence & militarization of civilian spaces must end. https://t.co/ve10tpDG1m
— Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 (@advocatemahere) September 6, 2020
This must be condemned by all right thinking Zimbabweans. This is not justice! People are not killed because they have committed a crime- nomatter the crime. Suspects are arrested & brought before the justice system! They even paraded the dead bodies! #ZimbabweanLivesMatter https://t.co/q0o9DFknmJ
— Hlatywayo Gladys Kudzaishe 🇿🇼 (@gladyshlatywayo) September 6, 2020