1.   But independent human rights groups say violence has continued, perpetrated mostly by ruling party militants and youth militias.

2.   It said ruling party militants including youth militias disrupted two of its weekend campaign rallies in Harare.

3.   The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change called on the government to disband youth militias who have already graduated from a state training camp in northeastern Zimbabwe.

4.   The opposition said many of these areas are now the targets of intimidation by ruling party militants and youth militias.

5.   The youth militias have ignored government assurances that only police are permitted at roadblocks.

6.   However, Elliot Pfebve of the MDC, himself a Bindura resident claimed that ZANU-PF youth militia went on a rampage in the town on Friday.

7.   Victims increasingly say that youth militia involved in organized political violence have received formal training in their techniques at camps run by the ruling party, the report said.