MDC polling agent found murdered

MDC polling agent found murdered - party

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ZIMBABWE’S main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said Friday that a party activist who served as a polling agent in general elections on March 29 has been found murdered after he went missing last week.

The party released graphic images showing a decomposed body which it said was that of Gift Mutsvungunu, who was its polling agent in Kuwadzana East, a suburb of the capital, Harare.

The body was found in Kuwadzana 3 after his kidnap on Saturday last week.

Mutsvungunu’s body shows signs of intense torture, his eyes were gouged out and his backside suffered serious burns, the party said in a statement.

“There is reasonable suspicion that state security agents killed him,” the MDC said, adding that his injuries were “consistent with those of other deceased persons who were abducted and later killed by state security agents”.

The MDC says since March 29, at least 113 of its supporters have been killed by militias loyal to President Robert Mugabe.

After MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai led in a first round presidential ballot on March 29, Mugabe’s supporters unleashed a wave of violence leading up to a runoff between the two leaders on June 27. Tsvangirai pulled out of the election, accusing Mugabe of widespread intimidation of his supporters.

Early this week, the MDC released graphic images showing a decomposed body which it said was that of Joshua Bakacheza, a driver for the party abducted by “state security agents” on June 25 in Mashonaland West Province.

The MDC said the body, scorched by heat, was discovered last Saturday on a farm in Beatrice, some 30km out of Harare.
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