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‘I’m Used To These Attempts’, Says Mnangagwa After Blast Rocks His Rally

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party rally Saturday, suggested he was the target of the attack which … Continue reading ‘I’m Used To These Attempts’, Says Mnangagwa After Blast Rocks His Rally


Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a ruling ZANU-PF party rally in Bulawayo on June 23, 2018, as he campaigns for votes ahead of nationwide elections due on July 30. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party rally his spokesman said, adding that he had been taken to safety after the incident. An AFP correspondent at the scene reported multiple injuries but could not immediately give a precise toll. ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a ruling ZANU-PF party rally in Bulawayo on June 23, 2018, as he campaigns for votes ahead of nationwide elections due on July 30.  ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP

 

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party rally Saturday, suggested he was the target of the attack which left one of his vice-presidents wounded.

“I am used to these attempts,” Mnangagwa said in his first comments on the explosion in the country’s second city of Bulawayo.

He said an object “exploded a few inches away from me — but it is not my time”.

AFP