Mnangagwa blames opposition for post-election violence

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa casts his vote for the presidential elections at the Sherwood Primary School in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Monday July 30, 2018. File image: AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa casts his vote for the presidential elections at the Sherwood Primary School in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Monday July 30, 2018. File image: AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Published Aug 1, 2018

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Harare - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he holds

the opposition responsible for the bloodshed on the streets of the

capital that saw three people killed.

"We hold the opposition MDC alliance and its whole leadership

responsible for this disturbance of national peace, which was meant

to disrupt the electoral process," he told state broadcaster ZBC.

Three people were killed in the protests, police told ZBC.

"Equally, we hold the party and its leadership responsible for any

loss of life, injury or damage of property that arise from these acts

of political violence which they have aided and abetted," he said.

Asked to comment on Mnangagwa's statement, Movement for Democratic

Change (MDC) alliance spokesman Nkululeko Sibanda told dpa: "[Nelson]

Chamisa has not ordered any tanks on the street."

Violence broke out when opposition supporters took to the streets of

Harare claiming parliamentary elections results are rigged, despite

the fact that no winner of the presidential vote has yet been

declared.

Security forces in armoured vehicles fired live rounds at the crowds.

DPA

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