Reports circulating online claiming that stranded police officers who could not afford accommodation rentals ended up camping in tents at a police station in Victoria Falls are false, the government has said.

Said the Ministry of Information account on Twitter:

Govt has been made aware of false news circulating regarding the tent pitched in Victoria Falls by the @PoliceZimbabwe. The tent has been pitched purely for operational reasons which have nothing to do with the reasons given by the online publication. Fake News affect our country pic.twitter.com/rYPsDnL6p1

— Ministry of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting (@InfoMinZW) June 9, 2019

advertisement

Some online publications, among them Bulawayo24 and Zimeye, published articles yesterday making the claim.