Saturday, March 3, 2012

Zimbabwe party: Military plotting to kill leader

Zimbabwe's opposition party on Monday accused the country's military of plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai using snipers.

The Movement for Democratic Change said Tsvangirai planned to return to Zimbabwe to contest the June 27 runoff election once security measures are in place to protect him.

On Saturday, the opposition said it had received details of the alleged assassination plot as Tsvangirai was on his way to the airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to return home.

"The assassination plot involves snipers," party Secretary-General Tendai Biti told The Associated Press after a news conference in the Kenyan …

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