ZIMBABWE: President accuses Mugabe supporters of masterminding blast at rally

President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe is pointing accusing fingers at dissident ZANU-PF faction members of masterminding a rally blast during the ruling party election campaign in the city of Bulawayo.

The president who made the accusations in an interview with the BBC said he suspected the G40 group, which supported Robert Mugabe’s wife’s presidential ambitions, had carried out the attack,

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He however did not accuse Grace Mugabe of being involved in the plan but said he expected arrests to be made soon.

Reports say two people died from the blast that rocked a stadium in Bulawayo as 75-year-old Mnangagwa left the podium after addressing supporters.

It was also later reported that Vice President Kembo Mohadi was injured in the leg and taken to a local hospital in Bulawayo after the incident happened.

 

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