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Evan Mawarire

Herald Reporter Crime Reporter
Evan Mawarire of the shadowy #ThisFlag campaign yesterday handed himself over to the police who were looking for him for inciting violence following the abortive July 6 “shutdown Zimbabwe” campaign.

“He handed himself over to the police this (yesterday) morning and investigations are still in progress,” Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed.

Sources close to investigations yesterday said Mawarire, who was said to have been on the run since last week, surrendered himself to the police at around 9am in the company of his lawyers.

Although the details were still sketchy last night, The Herald understands that he is likely to be charged on allegations of inciting violence.

The much-hyped July 6 “shutdown Zimbabwe” which was engineered by a group of anti-Government activists with the aid of US and French embassies was a monumental failure, contrary to privately-owned press and Western propaganda that the stayaway was huge success.

United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Harry Thomas and his French counterpart, Ambassador Laurent Delahousse, are accused of having a hand in last week’s disturbances in Harare and Bulawayo.

According to Government, the two were using social media to fuel civil disobedience and ultimately destabilise Zimbabwe. A group led by former MDC-T youth leader Promise Mkhwananzi — Tajamuka/Sesijikile — has been calling for civil disturbances through social media.