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Hospital pictures of MDC supporters injured in recent attacks

(14 Apr 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Mid of injured woman lying in hospital bed 2. Close woman's face 3. Close of woman's bandaged arm 4. SOUNDBITE (Shona) no name available, injured woman: "A number of people came at night and ordered me to come out. I refused and they knocked the door down and forced me out saying I am an MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) supporter. They forced me to march over to the next house, where my uncle and aunt were outside lying face down and being beaten on their backs. They told me to lie down as well, and started beating my back." 5. Close of woman's arm in cast 6. SOUNDBITE (Shona) no name available, injured woman: "They said; 'because you support the MDC, when you get there (to the voting station), you (must) say you can't write and that you are now back to (supporting) Zanu-PF. They will find someone to put an X on your ballot and vote for ZANU-PF'." 7. Mid tilt up from injured man's arms to his face 8. Close of man's face 9. SOUNDBITE: (Shona) no name available, injured man: "We were beaten with sticks and logs and our assailants were many." 10. Close of bruises on man's body 11. SOUNDBITE: (Shona) no name available, hospital patient: "There were five of us who were beaten, some were beaten because their relatives and family members supported the MDC." 12. Wide of injured man lying on hospital bed 13. Mid of injured woman lying on hospital bed STORYLINE Two supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party claimed on Monday they were beaten and intimidated by Zanu-PF activists, in growing allegations of a wave of post-election retaliation ravaging the country. The injured man and woman spoke to AP Television about their ordeal, from their hospital beds in Harare. The pair wished to remain anonymous. The unnamed woman told AP Television a group of Zanu-PF activists came to an undisclosed location about 250 kilometres (155 miles) from Harare, and after ordering her outside, forced her to the ground and beat her. "I refused and they knocked the door down and forced me out, saying I am an MDC supporter," the woman said. "They forced me to march over to the next house, where my uncle and aunt were outside lying face down and being beaten on their backs. They told me to lie down as well, and started beating my back," the woman said without disclosing any further details of the location. Prior to the elections, the woman said she was approached by Zanu-PF activists living in the same area. They were told to go to the polling stations and declare themselves illiterate. "They said; 'because you support the MDC, when you get there (to the voting station), you (must) say you can't write and that you are now back to (supporting) ZANU-PF. They will find someone to put an X on your ballot and vote for Zanu-PF,'" the woman told AP from the hospital ward. There is a provision in Zimbabwean law that allows for illiterate people to have a third person help them vote. The woman said she was not intimidated by the threat from Zanu-PF supporters and voted according to her original intention. Another man, who also wished to remain anonymous, told AP Television from his hospital bed that he and five other people he was with, were also attacked. "We were beaten with sticks and logs and our assailants were many," he said. "There were five of us who were beaten, some were beaten because their relatives and family members supported the MDC," he said. International rights groups have also documented attacks. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...