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“I would want to thank all Zimbabweans for the prevailing peace during the referendum exercise.
“There was no violence across the country. It was a violence-free exercise,” she said.
Asst Comm Charamba said the police registered a few cases of people who were trying to disturb the exercise.
She cited the incident of some two British journalists who were trying to incite violence by sticking some posters in Mbare when they had no accreditation.
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“The two went to Mbare and stage-managed violence. This gives unnecessary pressure on the police who should be doing other important tasks,” she said.
Asst Comm Charamba also announced the arrest of another person who was caught taking photographs at a polling station in Harare when he had no accreditation.
Police investigations later revealed that the man was not even a journalist and that he had no accreditation to cover the event, she said.
However, Asst Comm Charamba took a swipe at some sections of the media that were peddling falsehoods in a bid to instigate violence in the country.
She said some media houses were badly reporting cases, putting the police and the Government in bad light.
“As police, we are concerned with the manner in which some sections of the media are trying to instigate violence in a situation where there is no violence.
“Recently we arrested Samson Magamura in connection with the petrol-bomb incident in Headlands, but some sections of the media reported the arrest as kidnapping.
“Contrary to some media reports, Magamura was arrested and not kidnapped as they reported,” said Asst Comm Charamba.
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