The MDC Youth Assembly has resolved to help security agencies fight terror machete-wielding gangs also known as MaShurugwi who have terrorised residents in many parts of the country, The Standard reports.
The party said these community resistance committees will be in all districts across the country. This was revealed by the MDC Youth Assembly spokesperson, Stephen Sarkozy Chuma who said:
As a pro-people assembly, it is our duty to make sure that our parents, brothers and sisters are safe from attacks.
As such, the assembly will from next (this) week set up community resistance committees across all districts whose prime mandate is to protect citizens from attacks by Mashurugwi terror gangs.
MaShurugwi’s reign of terror has headlined for weeks on end. ZRP reportedly arrested 1536 illegal miners over the last few days.
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