Municipality sources told The Zimbabwean that the burial took place at around 2am on Tuesday last week. The bodies were brought to the cemetery in a Zimbabwe Prison Service vehicle and were buried with the help of suspected Zimbabwe National army personnel in a very suspicious fashion.
“The 41 bodies were brought by Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) vehicle and were buried with the help of men in Zimbabwe National Army uniforms. It was surprising because we do not normally bury paupers like that. Usually they are buried by KC Funerals because they are the ones contracted by council. Moreover, it is normally done at six o’clock in the morning. Normal burials start at 10am, said the source, who went on to speculate that the bodies were of people murdered in the 2008 political violence.
The “paupers” are alleged to have been kept at Chitungwiza general hospital prior to their burial amid allegations that the authorities were not agreed on where they would be buried.
Chitungwiza general hospital chief executive officer, Obediah Moyo, confirmed that there were 41 “paupers” at the hospital who were buried but declined to give details on their identity.
The MDC claims that about 200 of its supporters were killed and thousands displaced by Zanu (PF) supporters in the run up to the 2008 June presidential run off from which MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out citing intimidation and violence targeted at his supporters by the Robert Mugabe regime.
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