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| Mugabe supporters stone Zimbabwe PM's rally |
| 2011-11-07 |
[Daily Nation (Kenya)] Young supporters of Zim-bob-we's President Bob MuggsyMugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... stoned and beat backers of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday, blocking a planned rally of his Movement for Democratic Change party. "Unfortunately we are unable to do this rally because of incredible acts of wanton violence, malicious violence that we have suffered at the hands of ZANU-PF this morning," Tendai Biti, MDC secretary general, told a news conference. ZANU-PF is Mugabe's political party. The rally, which Tsvangirai was due to address, was slated to be held in the sprawling Harare suburb of Chitungwiza, 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of the capital. Biti said seven MDC activists were admitted to hospital, while five party vehicles were damaged. "There are literally hundreds of people that have been beaten up, that have been stoned by ZANU-PF supporters, They have suffered bruises, tissue injuries, various degrees of injuries", he said. He said police failed to protect the MDC. "They watched us as these ZANU-PF youths destroyed our property and assaulted our members," he said. |
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