A shocking video of police officers torturing a group of people believed to be Harare residents who were arrested following protests that rocked the capital last week has leaked.
BY STAFF REPORTER
The video that went viral yesterday on social media shows the riot police officers assaulting women and minors under their feet using truncheons.
The people were being tortured alongside a road with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) trucks parked nearby.
One of the police officers is heard mocking a wailing woman who says she recently had an operation. Another man was forced to carry a boulder on his head.
Zimbabweans took to social media to demand the arrest of the police officers. ZRP spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba could not be reached for comment last night.
Police responded with brute force after Zimbabweans took to the streets on Monday and Wednesday to protest against numerous roadblocks and the mounting problems facing the country.
Tens of people, including children, were arrested in Bulawayo and Harare in a brutal clampdown that has been condemned by civil society and opposition parties.
