Police, not demonstrators, showed up in force on Bulawayo streets Monday, with foot patrols wielding shields, batons and, in some cases, pistols. The Associated Press reported police trucks and water cannons positioned in the downtown area.
Ku wa mbere, abapolisi, ntabwo ari abigaragambyaga, berekanye imbaraga mu mihanda ya Bulawayo, bafite amarondo y'ibirenge akoresheje ingabo, inkoni ndetse rimwe na rimwe, pistolet. Ibiro ntaramakuru by'Abanyamerika Associated Press byatangaje ko amakamyo ya polisi hamwe n’ibisasu by’amazi biri mu mujyi rwagati.