As recently as June 27, 2008, Zanu-PF militias, the Zimbabwe army and police, and Zanu-PF mobs have pushed Zimbabwe to a Stage 6 on the Genocide Watch, the Preparation Stage immediately preceding political mass murder. Families of Zimbabwe’s opposition leaders were targeted for brutal execution. In two months time, 100 people were killed in political assassinations, and hundreds more were beaten and tortured. Murder and torture victims had their ears, lips, and sexual organs cut off. Mutilation of bodies is one of the surest signs of the de-humanizing of target groups during genocide and politicide. With military support, Zanu-PF marauders swept through villages at night, killing, torturing, and raping MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) supporters.
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