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Zimbabwe doctors treat 68 for gunshot wounds, police arrest hundreds

By Reuters | Jan. 17, 2019

**Zimbabwe Police officers are seen driving along the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, January 17, 2019. [Photo/ Reuters]**

Zimbabwean doctors said on Thursday they had treated nearly 70 people for gunshot wounds while police rounded up hundreds after violent protests this week triggered by a steep rise in fuel prices.

The protests, only five months after six people were killed in post-election demonstrations last August, pose a challenge for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who promised to repair the struggling economy after he replaced long-time leader Robert Mugabe following a coup in November 2017.

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