UZ student leader assaulted



THE VANGUARD ALERT
UZ student leader assaulted
University of Zimbabwe student activist and ZINASU general councilor Tafadzwa Mugwadi was yesterday the 5th of August 2008 kidnapped and assaulted by state security agents in the central business district of Harare.

Mugwadi was at the Market Square bus terminus on his way home in Glenview when seven unidentified men bundled him in a their vehicle before being taken to an area near Kopje. The gang took turns to assault him using various objects including sjamboks, sticks and clenched fists, accussing him of training polling agents for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The assailants also informed Mugwadi that they were looking for the ZINASU President Clever Bere, the Secretary General Lovemore Chinoputsa and former ZINASU President Promise Mkwananzi.

We condemn any acts of violence and banditry at a time when the main political players in the country are currently on the negotiating table to find a solution to the crisis facing the nation. 

Defending academic freedoms in Zimbabwe

Blessing Vava

Spokesperson

Zimbabwe National Students Union

353 Samora Machel Ave,

Harare, Zimbabwe,

+263913022456, +263913010369

zinasu@gmail.com

www.zinasu.org

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