Here a typical scene, the owner was not Zanu PF.
THE riot police descended on Status Nightclub in Budiriro 2, Harare, on
Sunday evening and beat up patrons after accusing them of causing havoc in the suburb.
The nightclub is owned by Harare’s new executive mayor, Elias Mudzuri.
Seventeen people were seriously injured and taken to hospital for treatment.
Albert Madondo, 30, the manager of the nightclub, said: “Thirty policemen in riot gear came into the club at around 7pm and started beating up indiscriminately everyone in the club.”
He said the police had been visiting the club since Mudzuri was elected.
“I do not understand what is happening as the police are now beating up people any time they want,” Madondo said.
Madondo said it appeared the police had imposed an unofficial curfew without the knowledge of the residents of Budiriro.
He said on Sunday, the police had fired teargas and two shots with live ammunition to disperse people from the nightclub.
Michael Mbaleka, 33, a Budiriro resident, said he was he was attacked by the police outside the club on his way home.
“I do not know why I was beaten up,” said Mbaleka.
Madondo said a certain Chinake, a former officer in charge of Glen View
Police Station, who was in the club at the time, was also severely assaulted.
“We are now going to lose business because of the police actions as our patrons no longer feel safe to come for a drink,” Madondo said.
The police in Budiriro refused to comment on the incident.