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White-owned farms invaded

    JOHANNESBURG

    Law and order broke down in farming districts across Zimbabwe on Tuesday after police reportedly ignored continuing invasions of white-owned properties by ex-liberation fighters armed with axes, spears, clubs and knives, news reports said.

    Landless peasants led by former guerrillas forcefully occupied at least 26 farms in nine districts, the reports quoted the Commercial Farmers' Union as saying.

    Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri said the invasions were "beyond the police," the state-controlled 'Herald' said. "It's a political issue. What do you expect the police to do?" he was quoted as saying. The invaders threatened white farmers and their families and broke fences and gates, the
    union said.

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