Zimbabwe politics | Murdered opposition member buried

HARARE - Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa says the blood of his murdered party member Tapfumaneyi Masaya has not been spilled in vain.

Masaya, a pastor, was on the campaign trail in Mabvuku last week when he was abducted and tortured to death by unknown assailants, believed to be state agents.

He was buried on Saturday.

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Masaya’s family says they’re in a state of shock.

Police said they’re investigating who was behind Masaya’s death. 

Mabvuku constituency in Harare is one of the nine parliamentary by-elections being held in Zimbabwe on 9 December.

* eNCA correspondent Pindai Dube reports.