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Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Says Opposition Has Attacked Its Election Campaign Team

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife at an election campaign rally in Epworth, Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife at an election campaign rally in Epworth, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party claims that its members were attached in the country's second largest city, Bulawayo, while they were campaigning peacefully.
Zanu PF spokesperson, Mike Bimha, told reporters that the ZANU PF activists were pelted with stones and other objects.
Bimha said, "This morning we had our members attacked in Njube in Bulawayo. We had campaigning teams who were going around doing their business and we were informed that they were attacked by members of the opposition."
The party's information director, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, claimed that the ZANU PF election campaign team was attacked by opposition members of the Citizens Coalition for Change.
Information secretary, Chris Mutsvangwa, added that the violence is happening at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appealed for calm ahead of the March 26 by-elections.

But CCC led by Nelson Chamisa dismissed the allegations as wishful thinking.

CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said in a tweet, "As expected, the regime is in panic mode & has resorted to mounting a co-ordinated attack of cheap propaganda & fake news against the new yellow baby. They won’t succeed!"

Zimbabwe is expected to hold council and parliamentary by-elections next month amid political tensions in the country.

Meanwhile, the CCC vice president, Tendai Biti, who was arrested early Monday was released without any charges laid against him.

Mahere said Biti was "unlawfully arrested in Greendale by 3 armed police officers including the OIC of Rhodesville Police Station."

She said he was released in the afternoon after spending several hours Harare Central Police Station.

"Hon @BitiTendai has been released without charge into the custody of his lawyers. No explanation has been given for why he was arrested & detained in the first place. This abuse of the law and weaponization of the Police Service must stop!" she said in a tweet.

Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi was unreachable for comment as he was not responding to calls on his mobile phone.

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