MDC polling agent found dead

The decomposing body of Gift Mutsvungunu, a polling agent in Kuwadzana East in Harare during the 29th March election who went on missing last week, was discovered in the same suburb yesterday.

His body shows signs of intense torture, his eyes were gouged out and his backside suffered serious burns before his abductors killed him.

There is reasonable suspicion that state security agents killed him, as his injuries are consistent with those of other deceased persons who were abducted and later killed by state security agents who have unleashed terror on MDC activists and polling agents following Zanu PF's historic defeat on 29 March.

His death brings to 113 the death toll of MDC activists who have been murdered by Zanu PF supporters state security agents since 29 March. He will be buried on Monday at Granville cemetery in Harare.

His relatives say Mutsvungunu went missing on Saturday last week. His decomposing body was found yesterday at a co-operative in Kuwadzana 3. May his soul rest in eternal peace

Statement issued by the Movement for Democratic Change July 11 2008