The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has denied reports of its alleged takeover of the city of Bulawayo on Tuesday.
Reports claim that army and police personnel went around beating innocent citizens, looting shops and turning back non-governmental employees from the central business district as a way of protest against salary cuts.
"The Army has noted with grave concern the levels and rate of misinformation that continues to be peddled mostly by online news agencies... " reads part of the statement.
It adds, "The publications went on to proffer possible scenarios that could have led to the so-called takeover by theorizing that the soldiers were angry because of the pay cut.
In no circumstance does the Army go about beating innocent civilians as purported in the series of false stories on the so-called Bulawayo takeover," reads the statement.
