View pictures: In what has been seen as an attempt to forestall Friday’s multi-party mega demonstration, police in Harare on Wednesday descended on MDC-T youths who were marching in the city centre, resulting in chaos as police fired teargas and randomly truncheoned members of the public, leaving many shops closed and city centre deserted.

In the ensuing melee, angry protesters retaliated against the police brutality.

All pictures by Tafadzwa Ufumeli