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Zimbabwe: police officer and interior minister ordered to pay US$5,000 to injured miner

By , based on Daily News (Zimbabwe)

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A court of first instance in Kezi has ordered a police officer and Zimbabwean Interior Minister Kazembe to pay US$5,000 to Vaitlengam Ngwenya, a 23-year-old artisanal miner shot during an operation. According to ZLHR, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, the judge described the shooting as unjustified.

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