Zim activists arrested

Harare - Zimbabwe police have arrested 10 opposition activists in the capital Harare and the farming town of Bindura on charges of public violence, kidnapping and attempted murder, a spokesman said on Thursday.

"We arrested four people who are alleged to have abducted a soldier in Chipadze township in Bindura and another six in Harare in connection with the burning of a bus," police spokesperson Andrew Phiri said.

"Police are still investigating the cases and some of the suspects have appeared in court."

The six who were charged with burning a bus in Harare during a failed general strike last month were remanded in custody on Wednesday when they appeared before a magistrate's court on public violence charges.



Phiri said in the Bindura incident four opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists were driving around the township early in the week when they bundled a soldier into their car and headed for an unknown destination.

"The soldier managed to jump out of the vehicle but he was seriously injured and is still in hospital," he said.

Scores of opposition activists have been arrested in the aftermath of Zimbabwe's March 29 general elections.

At least 30 including the party's information director, Luke Tamborinyoka and freelance journalists were remanded in custody on charges of burning a bus on the first day of a planned indefinite strike designed to force the release of presidential election results. -Sapa-AFP

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