Zimbabwean authorities deploy helicopters to control protests over fuel prices


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 15-01-2019 17:07 IST | Created: 15-01-2019 15:53 IST
Zimbabwean authorities deploy helicopters to control protests over fuel prices
Police and demonstrators have clashed since Monday following sharp fuel price hikes decreed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Image Credit: Reuters)
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A helicopter fired teargas to disperse protesters in a township in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. Police and demonstrators have clashed since Monday following sharp fuel price hikes decreed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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