Anti-Mugabe protestors clashed with Zimbabwean police at a rally on Friday.
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police on Friday fired tear gas and a water cannon to disperse anti-government supporters, who responded by hurling rocks, as a protest against President Robert Mugabeturned violent, a Reuters witness said.
More than a hundred police officers in riot gear, backed up by water cannons and armored trucks, occupied the venue that opposition parties planned to use for their march.
Mugabe’s opponents have become emboldened by rising public anger and protests over an economic meltdown, cash shortages and high unemployment.Mugabe, 92, has led Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980.
As opposition supporters arrived for the march, they were told by the police to leave. The officers then fired teargas and a water cannon when parts of the crowd refused to comply, a Reuters witness reported.
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