MDC activist brutally assaulted
Via MDC Press release — Another MDC activist, Ebba Katiyo, 31, is battling for her life in a private hospital after she was brutally attacked by Zanu PF thugs in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province on 12 July 2009.
Katiyo, who can hardly speak or move in her bed, was brutally assaulted twice in a space of two weeks on accusations that she was still a member of the MDC.
“I was called by the village headman of Katiyo kraal who is also my uncle for a public meeting at his homestead where I was asked why I continued to support the MDC.
“After the meeting, he asked youths gathered to beat me up and I was beaten all over the body,” said Katiyo.
She said before she had recovered from the assault, she was again called for a second meeting by the headman who again ordered that she be beaten.
“Again I was assaulted all over the body this time with sticks, booted feet and clinched hands,” she said.
After the second assault, Katiyo could not even move until her relatives sought help from the MDC who then referred her to hospital where she is currently receiving treatment.
A police report was made on Friday at Mutawatawa Police Station and the police officers said they would investigate the case but although the assailants have been identified, no arrests have been made.
The culprits have been identified as Headman Katiyo, Zanu PF district chairperson, Teguru, Albert and Sarah Mutopo.
Scores of MDC supporters across the country have in recent months been victims of politically-motivated violence at the hands of Zanu PF thugs, despite the formation of the inclusive government in February.
