At least one person was shot dead by the soldiers near a bus rank, witnesses at the scene told a Reuters photographer. He accused the commission of releasing the parliamentary results first to prepare Zimbabweans for a Mnangagwa victory. “The strategy is meant to prepare Zimbabwe mentally to accept fake presidential results. The EU’s assessment is critical in determining whether Zimbabwe can shed its pariah status as it could help attract investors and trigger an economic revival. The EU did not understand why the release of the presidential result was taking so long, he said.

Source: The Hindu August 01, 2018 15:33 UTC