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Armed anti-riot police and soldiers have deployed on the streets of the capital. Hundreds of youths including MDC Alliance supporters in party regalia stormed ZANU-PF provincial offices in Harare. Police fired several gunshots, shooting one man in the stomach. The youths then vandalized the ZANU-PF Harare provincial offices and burned several vehicles including two ZANU-PF party vehicles in the east of Harare.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EViolence breaks out in Harare over delayed presidential results \u0026amp; fears of vote rigging, police and soldiers deployed, several gunshots fired, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Zanupf?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Zanupf\u003C\/a\u003E Harare offices vandalized, cars burning. One person shot and severely injured \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/povonewsafrica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@povonewsafrica\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/akawire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@akawire\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wamagaisa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@Wamagaisa\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/263Chat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@263Chat\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/eMdhXrGZTq\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/eMdhXrGZTq\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u2014 Dewa Mavhinga (@dewamavhinga) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/dewamavhinga\/status\/1024655933740331009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 1, 2018\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHuman Rights Watch witnessed the chaos on the streets of Harare and the hundreds of soldiers and anti-riot police deployed across the city. Scores of soldiers have been reportedly patrolling the streets on foot and indiscriminately beating anyone in sight. At least one person has died after being shot by the security forces. Two helicopters in military camouflage flew over the MDC Alliance party headquarters several times.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/36277\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2018\/201808africa_zimbabwe_election_protest_redcross.jpg?itok=ZYJHRmNs 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2018\/201808africa_zimbabwe_election_protest_redcross.jpg?itok=vZKr2Qtr 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2018\/201808africa_zimbabwe_election_protest_redcross.jpg?itok=vZKr2Qtr\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022638\u0022 alt=\u0022Red Cross workers treat people injured during violent protests in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 1, 2018.\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003ERed Cross workers treat people injured during violent protests in Harare, Zimbabwe, on August 1, 2018.\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2018 Human Rights Watch\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EA winning ZANU-PF member of parliament for Goromonzi West constituency in Harare told Human Rights Watch that the military and police should \u201cshoot to kill all idiots protesting in Harare. We are not going to tolerate this nonsense.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EHuman Rights Watch urged Zimbabwean police and soldiers to strictly abide by the United Nations Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms. Under the principles, security forces should as far as possible, use non-violent means before resorting to force. They may only use firearms to protect human life from imminent threat of death or serious injury. Intentional lethal use of firearms may only be made \u201cwhen strictly unavoidable to protect life.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EThe violence follows largely peaceful voting on July 30.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__321128__en","data":"","settings":null}]