The body of Fungisai Ziome, an MDC activist who was abducted at her
home on 23 July 2008, was discovered in a maize field on Saturday
morning in Glendale, Mazowe South constituency, in Mashonaland Central
province.
Ziome, of Ward 13 in Glendale, was an active MDC supporter who was
abducted by Zanu PF supporters who then mutilated, burnt and dumped
her body, which was later, discovered in the early hours of Saturday
by passers-by in the area.
A report was made about the murder to the police but no arrests have
been made. The MDC and Ziome’s relatives are waiting for a post mortem
before burial arrangements are made.
Meanwhile, Kingsley Muteta, a police officer, died at Harare’s Avenues
Clinic on Saturday after being beaten by a mob of 12 Zanu PF
supporters at his parents’ homestead in Mudzi.
Muteta who was working in Harare, had visited his mother when he was
attacked  by the mob, which accused him of visiting his mother when
he knew she was a known MDC activist.
 He was taken to Kotwa Hospital in Mudzi and later transferred to
Harare where he died on Saturday due to the injuries that he
sustained.
His body is also waiting for a post mortem before he is buried.
The MDC has asked Zanu PF to show its sincerity to the dialogue
process by stopping violence, disbanding all militia bases and
prosecuting all perpetrators of political violence.
The deaths show that there is no sincerity on the part of Zanu PF. The
death of the two brings to 122 the number of MDC activists who have
been murdered since the March 29 harmonised elections.
Acting MDC Information and Publicity Secretary
Hon. Tapiwa Mashakada.
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