The below local media report refutes claims by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputy Constantino Chiwenga, the latter, who speaking to ZimEye on Tuesday denied that the government unleashed uniformless soldiers on civilians on Monday thus week.

In a telephone conversation with ZimEye’s Simba Chikanza, Chiwenga even went to the point of saying that the people who were shot dead by the soldiers must go and report to the police. (click to watch here)

FULL TEXT: A man armed with an assault rifle and in civilian clothes, sitting at the back of a van along Bulawayo Road on Monday, who the government claims was a terrorist, was actually a state security agent, a report claims.

The man was clad in black combat carrying an AK-47 assault rifle and seated at the back of a moving Nissan NP300 registration ABV2127 together with other uniformed police officers.

On Wednesday, police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba professed ignorance of the incident. Charamba said, “I am just a spokesperson and I need to engage the police officers on the ground to verify your claims. Can you bring the pictures here so that I could comment on them after consulting all stakeholders?”

The man is said to have been in the company of police officers and was firing shots in the air. At some point, the man allegedly fired at crowds of unarmed civilians who were protesting against the fuel price hike announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday night. – Newsday