Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Assembly Of Women has strongly condemned the shooting of a pregnant woman in Lupane by overzealous cops.

The pregnant woman was shot and injured as police opened fire on a commuter omnibus.

In a statement the MDC Alliance Assembly Of Women spokesperson, Barbara Tanyanyiwa slammed the barbaric behaviour of cops who shot the woman.

Below is Tanyanyiwa’s statement:

The incident that happened in Lupane whereby police opened fire on a suspected stolen kombi and injured a pregnant woman who was a passenger was very unfortunate.

Citizens are no longer safe at all as those that are supposed to protect them are the ones that are harassing them.

There was no need for the police to open fire as they were not sure whether the car was stolen or not. They acted in a barbaric manner and this must be denounced in toto by every Zimbabwean.

As the MDC A Assembly of women, we say no to such kind of acts as police should be protecting the people instead of injuring them.

We condemn the shooting incident in strongest terms and demand the reprimanding of the police officers involved.

This is the reason why we have been calling for reforms because we are not safe at all. Our rights are being violated everyday especially by the security forces and the government has been turning a blind ear on this.

We wish the woman a speedy recovery and hope that the government will chip in to pay her bills and make sure that she gets proper treatment.