Cash-strapped banks mobbed in Zimbabwe

Armed riot police were out in force for a second day today as thousands of Zimbabweans mobbed banks, unable to access money or cash cheques.

On Friday, police dispersed a crowd who smashed a glass window of a building society in a desperate attempt to cash pay cheques. Bank tellers are only able to give customers 10,000 Zimbabwe dollars (about £7) due to a cash shortage created by the country’s economic crisis.