Violence Reported at BUCS
A student protest at the Bindura University College of Science (BUCS) has gradually taken a twist for the worse as the week has progressed. After a peaceful start, things have turned ugly in Bindura as the students set fire to a computer lab on the campus in retaliation for police brutality.
Violet Gonda of SW Radio reports that a peaceful student protest against tuition increases led to the arrest of 19 student leaders. According to a spokesman for ZINASU, the Zimbabwe National Students Union police assaulted student leaders and denied them access to health and lawyers.
Bindura, is the capitol of the Mashonaland Central Province a ZANU-PF stronghold.
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