{"id":9232,"date":"2018-06-23T21:22:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=9232"},"modified":"2018-06-23T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T20:22:31","slug":"zimbabwe-president-allegedly-survives-assassination-attempt-some-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=9232","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe: President allegedly survives assassination attempt; some injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable\">Zimbabwe\u2019s President\u00a0Emmerson Mnangagwa\u00a0has survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party election campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo, in an apparent attack which left one of his deputies injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The explosion on Saturday happened as the president, accompanied by other politicians, was walking off the stage at the White City stadium after addressing\u00a0thousands of supporters in advance of next month\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Mnangagwa, the 75-year-old leader of ZANU-PF,\u00a0was not hurt and taken to safety, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The ZBC broadcaster later reported that Vice President Kembo Mohadi was injured in the leg and taken to a local hospital in\u00a0Bulawayo,\u00a0Zimbabwe\u2019s second-biggest city.<\/p>\n<p>Several others also suffered wounds, including the wife of fellow Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, a soldier and a number of ZANU-PF supporters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fciti97.3%2Fvideos%2F10155964751741107%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"316\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn his first comments after the incident,\u00a0Mnangagwa told the state broadcaster that\u00a0an object \u201cexploded a few inches away from me \u2013 but it is not my time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am used to these attempts,\u201d he added. \u201cI can assure you these are my normal enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a message on Twitter, Mnangagwa called the explosion a \u201csenseless act of violence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign has been conducted in a free and peaceful environment, and we will not allow this cowardly act to get in our way as we move towards elections,\u201d he wrote.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-414027\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Zimbabwe-president.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Zimbabwe-president.jpg 664w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Zimbabwe-president-300x174.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party, described the incident as \u201cterrible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolence must have no place in our politics,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prayers go out to the injured and we hope no lives have be lost,\u201d he added. \u201cMay God bless and protect the country we all love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Footage from the scene showed a cloud of smoke rising near the stage as medical staff rushed to treat those wounded.<\/p>\n<p>State TV immediately cut its broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are told several VIPs have been injured and other ZANU-PF supporters have also been injured,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Haru Mutasa, reporting from Johannesburg in neighbouring\u00a0South Africa, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople on the ground say that people had to carry some of the injured in their cars to the local hospital in Bulawayo. Some of the injuries are in the legs and in the stomach \u2013 some are quite critical,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Mutasa said police set up several roadblocks in and out of the city of Bulawayo, an opposition stronghold, following the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came hours after a blast\u00a0struck\u00a0a large rally by supporters of Ethiopia\u2019s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the capital, Addis Ababa, killing at least one person and wounding dozens of others.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa took power in November 2017 after longtime leader\u00a0Robert Mugabe\u00a0stepped down following a military intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The July 30 vote is the first without Mugabe since independence in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Aljazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s President\u00a0Emmerson Mnangagwa\u00a0has survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party election campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo, in an apparent attack which left one of his deputies injured. The explosion on Saturday happened as the president, accompanied by other politicians, was walking off the stage at the White City stadium after addressing\u00a0thousands of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zimbabwe: President allegedly survives assassination attempt; some injured - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=9232\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe: President allegedly survives assassination attempt; some injured - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zimbabwe\u2019s President\u00a0Emmerson Mnangagwa\u00a0has survived a blast at a ruling ZANU-PF party election campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo, in an apparent attack which left one of his deputies injured. 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