MDC Update
17:15 Sunday 22 June

More than 2000 youth militia are currently on the rampage in Mbare, central Harare, carrying out random attacks on innocent citizens.
Casualty departments in Harare are already receiving injuries from these attacks. Amongst the injuries so far recorded are bayonet wounds, lending credibility to the claims by civil society organisations of military involvement in this campaign of political violence.

This latest incident demonstrates how the militarization of the electoral environment, among other issues, has made the holding of free and fair elections impossible. The MDC has already stated that it will not be contesting in the forthcoming June 27 elections due to this campaign of state-sponsored violence.

In addition, the MDC reiterates its call to regional and African bodies to urgently intervene so that a sustainable solution to the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe can be achieved.

Today is clearly a dark day in the history of Zimbabwe. When will this terror end?

More to follow as we receive it...