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Today will not be the finest day for Toronto's finest as nine police officers appear in court in four cases – with criminal charges ranging from sexual assault to perjury, extortion and corruption.
"The cases before the courts are all allegations. Allow the facts to come out and let due process happen before making any judgments," said Dave Wilson, head of the Toronto Police Association.
He labelled as "coincidence" the fact that the four cases were all taking place on the same day at the Superior Court of Justice on University Ave.
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Beaten leader: Zimbabwe police
HARARE, Zimbabwe - The country's main opposition leader said Wednesday police beat him repeatedly in the head, back, knees and arm and that he lost a lot of blood in an attack that seemed intended "to inflict as much harm as they could."
Morgan Tsvangirai, who remains hospitalized, underwent a brain scan, and his lawyer said he may have suffered a skull fracture and internal bleeding.
Tsvangirai, 54, and more than 40 other opposition figures were arrested at a prayer meeting Sunday in the latest crackdown on dissent by President Robert Mugabe's security forces and political supporters.
Tsvangirai told the British Broadcasting Corp. in an interview from his hospital bed that police beat him on the head, and that he suffered body blows to the knees and back, and that his arm was broken. He said he "lost a lot of blood" and that he was given two pints.
"I was subjected to a lot of beatings, and random beatings, but I think the intention was to inflict as much harm as they could," he said. "I suffered injuries on the head, six stitches, and body blows and a broken arm. . . . Overall, I think the most serious injury was the head injury because I've lost a lot of blood."
Mugabe arrived at the private hospital where Tsvangirai was being treated to visit his sister, Sabena Mugabe, who was admitted for an undisclosed ailment, hospital staff said.
Tsvangirai was in a hospital unit where he could be more closely monitored and was awaiting the results of a brain scan for a suspected skull fracture, said Tafadza Mugabe, one of his lawyers.
At a brief court appearance Tuesday, Tsvangirai's right eye was swollen shut and his head partly shaved to reveal crudely stitched gashes.
Police used tear gas, water cannon and live ammunition to crush Sunday's gathering by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign, a coalition of opposition, church and civic groups, in Harare's western township of Highfield.
Police shot and killed one opposition activist, identified as Gift Tandare. Two mourners were slightly injured Tuesday at his funeral in skirmishes with police.
Mugabe has said he is in favour of a plan to extend his term in office by two years, to 2010, in an effort to delay a showdown between rival factions within his ruling party over the choice of his successor.
Mugabe's opponents blame the 83-year-old leader for repression, corruption, acute food shortages and inflation of 1,600 per cent - the highest in the world. They have demanded the ouster of Mugabe, Zimbabwe's only ruler since independence from Britain in 1980.
State radio Tuesday quoted Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu as saying opposition activists had attacked police and were to blame for the violence.
Authorities suspected an "underground movement" of opponents was planning a violent campaign against the government, he said.
At least 34 activists were released from the private hospital in Harare early Wednesday and reunited with their families.
Those freed were told to return to the Harare magistrates' court when it opened Wednesday, but amid chaos at the court no proceedings were held, and the activists returned to their homes.
Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change, and colleagues from other opposition and civic groups were ferried in ambulances and buses from the magistrates' court to the hospital. Many sustained severe bruising and internal injuries after the police raid on the prayer meeting that authorities had declared illegal.
Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway faction of Tsvangirai's party, also had head wounds, and Lovemore Madhuku, head of a militant reform group, suffered a broken arm.
"The world community again has been shown that the regime of Robert Mugabe is ruthless and repressive and creates only suffering for the people of Zimbabwe," said U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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