Police stopped the U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe on Tuesday and asked him to go with them to a police station after he toured a hospital. Ambassador James McGee and a group of journalists had just toured a hospital that is treating victims of recent post-election violence when the incident happened in the village of Mvurwi, west of the capital of Harare.Police blocked the gates to the hospital and stopped the group. They wanted to "ask him questions" about photos the group had taken, said Paul Engelstad, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe. The police "never said they were going to arrest him," he said. McGee refused, personally opened the gates and motioned to his convoy to proceed. They left without incident.
| Good man, Mr. McGee. Stay strong. |