rinking session for patrons at Ritz night club turned nasty when one reveller jokingly said soldiers’ salaries were very low considering the way they are used by the regime.
Onlookers said some soldiers started to assault patrons with booted feet and broken chairs. When a police cycle patrol unit came to intervene. the soldiers smashed their bicycles and broke two windscreens of cars belonging to patrons.
The police managed to arrest 10 people who are expected to appear in court today.
Last week police also beat up and arrested patrons at Yeukai night club in the Mucheke high density area for no apparent reasons as the continuing abuse by the uniformed forces goes unabated. – Herbert Dapi
22.2.2007
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Soldiers run amok-(22-02-07)
MASVINGO - Infuriated by their low salaries, a group of soldiers here ran amok on Friday night, beating up night club patrons and destroying cars and properties worth millions of dollars.
What started as a normal beer d