Plain-clothed police officers on Thursday afternoon brutally attacked three Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalists, Obey Manayiti, photojournalist, Shepherd Tozvireva and Abigail Matsikidze and driver, Raphael Phiri, accusing them of taking pictures in the Harare central business district.
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Bizarrely, the police then said they were charging Manayiti and Tozvireva with assault.
The police have indicated that they are detaining Manayiti overnight, while Tozvireva was freed.
The officers jumped into an AMH vehicle and grabbed Phiri and the journalists before assaulting Manayiti with fists, leaving him sore and swollen.
Manayiti suffered a bruised lip and a swollen eye during the attack.
Tozvireva and Phiri where also roughed up in the chaos.
Lawyer, Kuzivakwashe Ngodza from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) said Manayiti was still detained, while Tozvireva, Matsikidze and Phiri
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