Pictures: Zanu PF youth arrested over alleged murder of MDC-T activist
By a Citizen Reporter
RUWA – This was the scene on the 15th of August as MDC-T activists in Ruwa carried a coffin with the body of their Ward 2 Youth Secretary Super Mhlanga who died in hospital after allegedly being assaulted by a Zanu PF youth identified as Coleen Makuyana.
Police led by a Kahari and Chibaya had earlier tried to stop the activists from marching with the coffin. The youths however defied this order and instead took the body from the mortuary to the Maha Shopping Centre and then to the USAid residential area.
Zanu PF youth Coleen Makuyana (pictured with handcuffs) was arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Mhlanga who was kicked on the throat and hit behind the back of his head on the 9th of August during an altercation.
Makuyana is alleged to have walked through a group of three MDC youths who were having a chat. Mhlanga then asked why with such a big road, he saw it appropriate to walk right through the trio who were having a private chat. Makuyana responded violently to the question and assaulted Mhlanga.
We understand Makuyana is being charged with culpable homicide and is now out on bail while currently staying with his in-laws. Makuyana a relative new comer in Ruwa meanwhile denies being a Zanu PF supporter and claims in his defence that it was the MDC-T youths who were assaulting him.
Mhlanga was buried in Chipinge on the 16th of August. A post mortem says he was struck with an object on the back of his head.
