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| Zimbabwe: 'Kick Them, Punish Them' - Mugabe's Call for Violence 'Worrying' |
| 2017-07-23 |
[All Africa] Zim-bob-wean President Bob MuggsyMugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... , 93, says his Zanu-PF supporters should beat-up people going around perpetrating violence using the ruling party's name. Mugabe told his Zanu-PF supporters at a youth rally in Lupane on Friday that it had been brought to his attention that they were people causing violence around the country and claiming to belong to his ruling party. "I am aware they are people causing violence saying they are from Zanu-PF," said Mugabe. "If you see people being violent, seize them, come on. Hold them, kick them, punish them. Then call the police later," he said. Mugabe, who analysts said was already in the last phase of his campaign for 2018, urged his supporters to meet violence with violence. The nonagenarian's utterances were seen by many as a clarion call to his storm-troopers to unleash violence against the opposition. |
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