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Concerns
abound over international syndicates working with locals to poach elephants. (Reuters)
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Zimbabwean police on
Tuesday arrested three journalists at a state newspaper over a story
implicating police and parks officers in the poisoning of some 60 elephants,
saying their report was false. Authorities arrested Sunday Mail editor
Mabasa Sasa, the paper's investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter
Tinashe Farawo late Monday. They are being held at Harare Central Police
Station.
The
trio are charged with "communicating false statements prejudicial to the
state," police spokeswoman Charity Charamba told reporters in the capital.
