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Police invoke measures to end violence

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe police said on Thursday they would use special powers to crack down on rising political violence by restricting the activities of political parties.

    Zimbabwe Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri was quoted as saying that police had invoked three sections of the Law and Order Maintenance Act giving police the power to restrict the movement of party supporters and ban public gatherings that threatened law and order.

    "In short, it is illegal to ferry supporters to meetings, public gatherings or processions unless such events are being officiated by presidents of political parties," Chihuri said at a news conference in Harare before meeting officials from the main political parties.

    Chihuri was also quoted as saying that President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were equally to blame for the political violence.

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