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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday threatened 20 years in jail to the author of a statement purporting to bear his signature that ...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during his meeting with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan 17, 2019. HARARE: Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday threatened 20 years in jail to the author of a statement purporting to bear his signature that said the lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak had been extended.

"If we catch this person it must be exemplary and they must go in for at least at level 14, which is 20 years imprisonment. That, I think we need to demonstrate that we don't want false news to be circulated." National police spokesman Paul Nyathi said more than 5,000 people had been arrested for venturing outside their homes without permission.Mnangagwa said his cabinet would meet this week to decide whether to end, adjust or extend the 21-day lockdown.

FILE PHOTO: Police patrol during a 21-day nationwide lockdown called to help curb the spread of coronavirus disease , in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoThe Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights group said this had resulted in an increase in cases of residents being beaten by security forces for defying the lockdown.ZLHR has approached the High Court on behalf of two Zimbabweans who said they were abused by security forces.

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