Zimbabweans say abuses have not calmed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday denounced the violence as"unacceptable".
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his first priority"is to get Zimbabwe calm,stable and working again".
Before the family of Kelvin Tinashe Choto knew he had been killed,social media was circulating a photo of his battered body on the counter of a police station.
The shutdown has cut off access to the electronic bank deposits that Zimbabwe's struggling government uses to pay teachers and other public workers,as well as social media services.
The harsh crackdown is in response to protests against dramatic prices for what has become the world's most expensive gasoline.
Protesters were met with tear gas after barricading roads and burning tyres in response to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's raising of fuel prices and an unfolding economic crisis.
Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe is clamping down on wildlife poaching operations and opening up to an exciting new era of tourism.
Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare after 20 people died from the disease and more than 2000 were infected by contaminated water.
Zimbabwe's top court upheld the narrow and disputed election victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa clearing the way for his inauguration.
A win for Mnangagwa is expected to leave Zimbabwe with deep political divisions,worsened by deadly rioting in the capital.
Soldiers and police fired live rounds,water cannons and tear gas at furious protesters who threw rocks and burned vehicles on Wednesday in Zimbabwe's capital.