TVC E. More than 40 children in Zimbabwe have been admitted to hospital after inhaling teargas let off by riot police inside their block of flats in Bulawayo, a human rights lawyer has claimed.
The incident took place when police responded to sporadic attacks by a group of young people during demonstrations against President Robert Mugabe two weeks ago.
In a telephone interview with News24, the director of Abammeli Human Rights Lawyers Network, Tineyi Mukwewa, said police hadused teargas and water cannons inside the Burombo flats as they tried to flush out suspects.
Mukwewa said his organisation was documenting and assessing the cases before “taking the necessary litigation measures”.
He said at least 43 children and four adults had been taken to a private hospital.
“The kids were trapped inside and were unable to breathe, because the flats have no proper ventilating systems in place. We therefore had to rush them to a hospital for treatment,” Mukwewa said.
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