Paying price of underestimating ‘EDiots’

The tragedy which happened in Harare this week was not only completely unconscionable, but most preventable.

The State, on the one hand, should not have unleashed soldiers on the streets, resulting in six civilians being shot dead. I believe the situation could have been contained without firing live ammunition directly in crowded public spaces, where the possibility of innocent passers-by being caught in cross-fire is always high.

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