Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) clashed with some illegal beer sellers who were resisting arrest and charging towards the officers.
This was revealed in a police statement that urged members of the public to comply with members of the public enforcing COVID-19 regulations after some police officers.
In a statement, ZRP said a police crack team enforcing compliance with Covid-19 regulations as well as monitoring beer outlets in Chemagamba, Chinhoyi arrested a beer night club owner, Kombo Museneka (54) for operating without a liquor licence and violating Covid-19 regulations.
The statement further reads:
-The Police team found approximately 50 patrons drinking beer inside and outside the nightclub and ordered the beer outlet to be closed._
_This did not go well with some of the patrons who charged towards the Police and the Police threw a tear smoke canister to disperse the crowd. Investigations are underway._
Some observers, however, said the police was selectively applying the law as ruling ZANU PF gatherings are never disrupted.
Others said the police had found a weapon in COVID-19 to terrorise the opposition and members of the public.
This view echoes a report published earlier this year by human rights watchdog, Amnesty International which suggested that the government had killed a handful and brutalised many in the guise of implementing COVID-19 regulations.
Thousands have been arrested for violating COVID-19 regulations since the outbreak of the coronavirus last year March.
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