A Zimbabwean woman is suing the country’s home affairs and cultural heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe, and police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga of alleged assault during last year’s Covid-19 national lockdown, reports say.
According to BBC, Lydia Chapalapata, 63, said police assaulted her with a truncheon as she was queuing to buy maize meal at a shopping Centre in Bulawayo.
She is seeking $3 million in compensation for injuries she sustained and treatment she received after the incident, the report said.
VOA quoted the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) as saying that Chapalapata suffered trauma and anxiety.
“Chapalapata sustained injuries on her back, thighs, head, and on her knees and suffered trauma, anxiety and shock as a result of the incident and had to be hospitalised at Mpilo Central Hospital for treatment and was later referred for specialized medical attention.”
The Zimbabwean government had announced it would punish violators of the lockdown measures, Africa CGTN reported, adding that thousands of people were arrested during that time.
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