Harare - Zimbabwean police have acted for the first time to end the invasion of a white-owned farm and warned yesterday that they would crack down on political violence in the run-up to parliamentary elections in June.
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the police appeared to be becoming more active in enforcing law and order than they had been since self-styled veterans of the 1970s liberation war began to invade farms in January.
The MDC said police evicted war veterans from a farm in the Chimanimani area in eastern Zimbabwe owned by Mr Roy Bennett, a high-profile MDC parliamentary candidate. A group of 60 war veterans occupied Mr Bennett's farm three weeks ago and temporarily took his wife hostage.