Zimbabwe opposition members on Monday appeared in court on charges of sparking post-election violence.
Twenty-seven of these MDC supporters appeared in court on violence charges after they clashed with government troops last week.
The supporters were agitating over the election results which was not in favour of their leader, Nelson Chamisa.
Soldiers shot into the protesters killing six people. Shortly after the violence, soldiers stormed the offices of the MDC to arrest activists.
They first appeared in court over the weekend and remanded into custody. Their lawyers have been pushing for their release on bail.
Prosecutors are charging those arrested for the six deaths. State prosecutor Michael Reza argued against their release.
“There’s more than a likelihood that they will reoffend, they will intimidate witnesses, they will interfere with evidence and they will not attend trial,”
“These are people with unfinished work business outside. The deaths of six people… are directly linked to the accused,” Mr Reza is quoted as saying.
The 27 suspects arrested after last week’s post-election violence in Harare, appeared in court on Monday applying for bail #Zimbabwe #ZimbabweElection2018 pic.twitter.com/TIohFO8vdf
— Susan Njanji (@SusanNjanji) August 6, 2018
Lawyers for the accused have argued that some of them had nothing to do with the protest.
Supporters missing
Meanwhile the leadership of the Zimbabwe opposition says some of its activists are still missing.
The party’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda alleges that abductions and raids have taken place.
He said these are acts intended to intimidate the MDC from challenging the elections results.
Nelson Chamisa who leads the MDC party has said his party plans to file a motion in court over the election results.
He is claiming the poll was rigged in favour of declared winner, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Source: Africafeeds.com
