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On August 1, 2018, the late Garvin Dean Charles left home to attend to some business in Harare’s central business district (CBD).
His sister, Allison Charles, having heard that there were riots in the capital over delays in announcing presidential election results, warned him to exercise caution.
Scores of civilians who suspected electoral fraud went into Harare’s CBD to protest against the alleged mishandling of the elections by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).
Armed soldiers were deployed into the CBD to put down the protests, and as a result of the indiscriminate shooting by the military, six unarmed civilians lost their lives.
He left behind a daughter who is in high school.
“He was my brother and he was three years younger than me and by the time of his death, he was staying with me,” Allison said.
“I was at work when I heard there was trouble in town so I called him and warned him against going into town since there were riots there, but he assured me that he would be okay.
“When I heard that there were shootings I called him and his phone was ringing, but nobody was picking it up and I got worried that something bad could have happened to him.”
She added: “We were told to go home for safety reasons (following the shootings).
Source: Theindependent
