The group, which has been linked to one case of murder, is harassing residents and forcing small-scale business people to “donate” part of their daily proceeds to the party.
The hit squad derives its name Al Shabaab from an Islamic terror group operating from Somalia. It is an offshoot of Al-Qaeda, an international militant Islamist organisation founded by the late Osama bin Laden.
ZOYP Programmes Manager, Jaspa Maphosa, said his organisation had started holding capacity building workshops with youths in the city and engaging political leaders.
“We are providing a platform where those in leadership and the affected people can talk about the problem,” he said. “These youths who call themselves Al Shabaab are simply being used as tools of violence by politicians who want their own gains.”
The group is the third terror group to be linked to Zanu (PF) after Chipangano in Harare and Top Six from Chinhoyi.
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