Byo vendors, council clash over vending bays

THREE people were injured yesterday when Bulawayo municipal police fired rubber bullets at vendors protesting a move to remove them from the busy 6th Avenue.

Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said the injured were admitted at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH).

“The ZRP confirms the shooting incident in which three people were injured after BCC police fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd which had gathered to demonstrate against an operation targeting illegal vendors in the Central Business District (CBD),” Nyathi said in a statement.

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