Ruling party militants tied the hands of local election observer Joseph Dladla behind his back and beat him with iron bars at a polling in the city of Bulawayo.
Local election observers were attacked by ruling party militants in Centenary and had to be rescued by Commonwealth monitors.
Three local election observers, including two women, were told to remove the T-shirts that identified them and were then beaten in the Kekwe Urban district.
Ruling party militants in Hurungwe attacked three poll workers representing the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Hurungwe.
An unspecified number of poll workers were abducted from a station in Muzaranbani.
In the Gokwe North region, there were reports of bogus polling stations being set up and helicopters flying ballot boxes in and out of the area. Opposition representatives were cleared from the region and several were arrested.
They're making Chicago and St. Louis look like honest operations. It doesn't sound like Bob's side expects to lose. |