to witnesses at the house, the policemen allegedly shot the deceased while
holding his hand. The Complainant submits that the police used unlawful
and excessive force.
Lameck Chemvura
8. The Complainant submits that 23 years old Lameck Chemvura (deceased),
a disabled second year University of Zimbabwe student, was travelling by
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train from Harare to Mature on 25 November 2001.There were army
officers in uniform on the train going to Grand Reef just outside Mature
for a training exercise. The Complainant submits that six army officers
asked for identity cards from passengers. They discovered that the
deceased was a student at the University of Zimbabwe and one of the
officers remarked that the deceased was a member of the opposition
political party (the Movement for Democratic Change) that they were
looking for.
9. The Complainant alleges that the army officers assaulted the deceased
with their fists, kicked him with their boots, strangled him and pressed
him against the floor until he died. The Complainant further alleges that
the army officers, in the full view of other passengers then pulled his body
and threw it out of the window of the moving train.
Batanai Hadzisi
10. The Complainant submits that on 8 April 2001, there were disturbances at
the University of Zimbabwe which continued until 9 April 2001. The
police and university security officers were called to control the
disturbances. The Complainant alleges that Police officers stormed into
the residence halls of students spraying teargas. Police officers pursued 21
years old Batanai Hadzisi and one Tafadzwa Mungure into a room in
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