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Senior MDC official, wife hospitalised after brutal Zanu PF attack
Movement for Democratic Change
November 02, 2012

Four youths donning Zanu PF bandannas on Wednesday night severely attacked the MDC Midlands North provincial treasurer, John Kinnaird and his wife Jackie at their Kadoma residence.

The two were hospitalised yesterday due to the severity of injuries sustained. The Zanu PF youths aged between 17 and 22 years broke into the Kinnaird residence on Wednesday night at around 8.30pm through the kitchen door.

Three of them started attacking John with wheel spanners and metal rods while the other one grabbed Jackie around the neck and dragged her to bedroom.

The Zanu PF youths took away US$2000 and two cell phones.

According to medical reports on the two, John, 56, sustained multiple head wounds, which required 14 stitches. His right arm was also fractured and has deep puncture wounds on his legs and one just below his throat, as well as injuries across his back.

Jackie, 47, has a bruised throat where she was grabbed by the youth and a compound fracture of her left arm and it requires immediate surgery.

A police report has been made but no arrests have been made.

The MDC strongly condemns the barbaric attacks on its official and his wife as they are politically motivated. It is of great worry that the attacks come at a time when there is the heavy presence of an illegal Zanu PF militia outfit, Al-Shabab that is causing terror in Kwekwe and surrounding areas. As a party, the MDC calls upon the police to urgently investigate the matter and bring the culprits to book.

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