Mr Mawarire, who organised what became nationwide anti-government protests in 2016 against mismanagement and then-president Robert Mugabe’s long stay in power, was clutching a Bible when police bundled him into their car.
“They are alleging that he incited violence through Twitter and other forms of social media in the central business district,” Mr Mawarire’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said.
There were widespread reports of violence as the country faced a third day of protests over what has become the world’s most expensive petrol.
This is Zimbabwe’s worst unrest since deadly post-election violence in August that saw six people killed.
Zimbabwe’s largest telecom company Econet sent text messages to customers saying it had been forced by the government to shut down internet service.
“The matter is beyond our control,” it said.
Other arrests were reported, with Nkululeko Sibanda, a spokesman for the main opposition MDC party, saying that “party leadership” had been detained.
“This is only deepening the political crisis in the country,” he said.
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa makes an extended overseas trip that will include a stop at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to plead for more foreign investment, former military commander and vice president Constantino Chiwenga, a hardliner, is in charge at home.
Eight people were killed on Monday when police and…
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