Opposition man 'assaulted by Zanu-PF supporters'

File picture

File picture

Published Sep 26, 2016

Share

Harare - Retired Brigadier-General Agrippa Mutambara, Zimbabwe's former ambassador to Mozambique, has been assaulted, allegedly by Zanu-PF supporters.

A former ambassador for 21 years, Mutambara together with other Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) supporters were said to have been brutally assaulted by axe-wielding suspected ruling party supporters.

The Joice Mujuru-led ZimPF spokesman Jealousy Mawarire wrote on Twitter: "Retired Brigadier General Agrippa Mutambara and other ZimPF supporters were brutally and savagely attacked by axe wielding Zanu PF youths who had invaded Obert Mutasa's plot at Dunaventy Farm in Guruve today (Sunday)."

A Toyota Landcruiser V8-200 Series belonging to Wilbert Mubaiwa had its rear windscreen shattered in the melee, while another Toyota saloon was said to have been burnt.

Mutambara reported the matter to the police and had to seek medical attention.

ZimPF said they would "not be deterred" and no amount of "violence or intimidation would derail the freedom train".

In March this year, suspected Zanu-PF youths invaded Mutambara's Bindura Farm, accusing him of having crossed the floor and supporting an opposition party.

Mutambara, whose nom-de-guerre during the war of liberation was Comrade Dragon Patiripakashata, said at the time that the ruling party youths invaded his farm, saying they had been sent by Mashonaland Central Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Dickson Mafios and Zanu-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere to take over the farm.

He said they told him the farm belonged only to Zanu-PF members, but they only left after the ringleaders had been taken away by the police.

African News Agency

Related Topics: