Three more Victoria Falls councillors and five MDC youths have been arrested bringing nine the number of MDC members in police custody at Victoria Falls Police Station.
Paulos Chilewete, councillor for ward 5 in Victoria Falls was arrested last week on Thursday. The other three councillors; Bernard Nyamande of ward 1, Nkululeko Nyoni, ward 9, Taruvinga Makoti, ward 10 and the five youths were arrested on Sunday. The nine are facing charges of disrupting a public council meeting at the resort towns community hall last week. However, a date on when they will appear in court has not been set as the Victoria Falls police officers are saying they are waiting for instructions from above on how they should handle the matter.
Meanwhile, Elson Mutonhori, the MDC Masvingo South secretary was on Saturday morning abducted at gunpoint by Major General Engelbert Rugeje and one Major Toperesu at his Renco Mine home. Rugeje and Toperesu who were driving an unmarked white Mitsibishi truck took Mutonhori to the Rock Motel in Chivi some 100 km away, where they interrogated and intimidated him until midnight. Mutonhori was asked why he had worn an MDC T-shirt during the festive season. The Rock Motel is owned by Gapare who is a Zanu PF supporter. Mutonhori was released in the early hours of Sunday. Mutonhori made a report was made at Renco Mine Police Station.
Hundreds of senior MDC officials, supporters, friends and relatives of Ruth Rufaro Kavhunika on Saturday attended her burial at the Warren Hills cemetery in Harare. Kavhunika, 43, was the councillor of Harares ward 2 and MDC committee member for Harare province. She died last week on Thursday after a short illness. She leaves behind two children aged 15 and 13 years.
Senior officials who attended the burial were; the MDC Harare provincial chairperson, Senator Morgan Femai and his provincial executive, Harare Mayor, Muchadeyi Masunda and his deputy Emmanuel Chiroto, Harare MPs and councillors.
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