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| Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa says he was 'inches' from Bulawayo explosion | Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa says he was 'inches' from Bulawayo explosion |
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| Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo. | Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo. |
| Mr Mnangagwa said an object "exploded a few inches away from me - but it is not my time". | Mr Mnangagwa said an object "exploded a few inches away from me - but it is not my time". |
| Video footage from White City Stadium shows an explosion happening close to Mr Mnangagwa as he was leaving the stage having addressed supporters. | Video footage from White City Stadium shows an explosion happening close to Mr Mnangagwa as he was leaving the stage having addressed supporters. |
| While the president was unhurt, state TV reports that Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has suffered a leg injury. | While the president was unhurt, state TV reports that Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has suffered a leg injury. |
| Mr Mnangagwa says he has visited the injured in hospital. He condemned the violence as senseless and pleaded for unity. | Mr Mnangagwa says he has visited the injured in hospital. He condemned the violence as senseless and pleaded for unity. |
| Mr Mnangagwa came to power last November, ousting his former mentor Robert Mugabe. | Mr Mnangagwa came to power last November, ousting his former mentor Robert Mugabe. |
| The president was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city and an opposition stronghold, to campaign for his Zanu-PF party ahead of nationwide elections taking place on 30 July. | The president was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city and an opposition stronghold, to campaign for his Zanu-PF party ahead of nationwide elections taking place on 30 July. |
| "People started running in all directions and then immediately the president's motorcade left at a very high speed," an AFP correspondent at the scene reported. | "People started running in all directions and then immediately the president's motorcade left at a very high speed," an AFP correspondent at the scene reported. |
| The elections are the first in Zimbabwe since Mr Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power. | The elections are the first in Zimbabwe since Mr Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power. |
| Presidential spokesman George Charamba told the Zimbabwe Herald newspaper that there were eight or nine injured people, most of whom had been attended to and discharged from hospital. | |
| "Vice-President Mohadi is nursing some leg injuries but he is in good spirit," he was quoted as saying. | |
| Marry Chiwenga, the wife of Zimbabwe's First Vice-President, Constantino Chiwenga, was also injured and pictures on social media showed the president visiting her in hospital. | |
| State broadcaster ZBC also reported that Zanu PF national chairman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, political commissar Engelbert Rugeje and some ZBC crew members were also injured. | State broadcaster ZBC also reported that Zanu PF national chairman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, political commissar Engelbert Rugeje and some ZBC crew members were also injured. |
| The US Embassy in Harare condemned the attack. | The US Embassy in Harare condemned the attack. |
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| Who is Emmerson Mnangagwa? | Who is Emmerson Mnangagwa? |
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