Zimbabwean police said Friday
they had shot two people dead and injured four others during a
confrontation in the capital Harare over a ban on commuter minibuses in
the city centre.
City authorities on Thursday banned
minibuses from using pick-up points in central Harare in a move to
tackle traffic congestion, angering both drivers and passengers.
The ban was reversed within hours by the government, but police had already been deployed to implement it.
“I wish to announce the death of two
people in a very unfortunate and regrettable incident on 22 February,”
police commissioner general Godwin Matanga told journalists.
“As the (unbanning) directive was
given, the police and other security agencies were still in the middle
of the operation enforcing the ban and unaware of the cancellation,”
Matanga said.
“Police officers fired shots that unfortunately killed two people and injured four others.”
He said three police officers were
seriously injured and three police cars were badly damaged in violent
clashes that followed the shooting.
AFP
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