Bulawayo: City and Police

bulawayo: They came on the first day of a three-day general strike called by unions amid an intensifying economic crisis, according to The Guardian. There were clashes in the capital, Harare, and in Bulawayo, a city in the south, as police attempted to disperse groups of youths who had lit fires in streets, erected barricades and, in some cases, looted shops. The clashes were the worst outbreak of disorder in the southern African country since the aftermath of elections last year, when six civilians were shot dead by police. Other protesters blocked highways and tried to force companies that had remained open to comply with the shutdown. In the poor neighbourhood of Mabvuku, four civilians were reportedly shot and injured by police. In Chitungwiza, a satellite town of the capital where anti-government feeling runs high, a police station was reportedly besieged and automatic gunfire was heard. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.