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<\/p>\nZimbabwe\u2019s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life.<\/p>\n
Two people died and more than 40 were hurt in an explosion near Mr Mnangagwa at a rally in Bulawayo on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Mr Mnangagwa told the BBC\u2019s Fergal Keane that he suspected the G40 group, which supported Grace Mugabe for the presidency, had carried out the attack.<\/p>\n
Mrs Mugabe\u2019s husband, Robert Mugabe, was forced from power last year.<\/p>\n
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The army intervened to oppose Mrs Mugabe\u2019s attempt to succeed her husband as the country\u2019s leader, and the ruling Zanu-PF party then sacked Mr Mugabe, replacing him with Mr Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n
An exiled member of the G40 group, former government minister Jonathan Moyo, has denied Mr Mnangagwa\u2019s accusation,\u00a0tweeting that the blast \u201csmacks of an inside job\u201d.<\/p>\n
He was referring to an apparent power struggle between Mr Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, the former army chief who forced Mr Mugabe out.<\/p>\n
Mr Mnangagwa did not accuse Mrs Mugabe of being involved in the attempt on his life.<\/p>\n
He told the BBC he expects arrests to be made shortly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know whether it was one individual \u2013 I would think it is broader than one person. I would think this is a political action by some aggrieved persons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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