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Tsvangirai's supporters butcher Elton Mangoma
15 Feb 2014 at 21:16hrs | Views
Police had to be called in at Harvest House on Saturday afternoon when MDC-T fanatics known to be aligned to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai attacked national council member, Elton Mangoma and other cadres threatening to kill them.
Police had to be called in to break the violence the second in three weeks at the MDC headquarters.
The youths had been plotting violence Mangoma due to his calling for leadership renewal in the party.
"It is shocking that this thing actually took place right in Tsvangirai's face and with him smiling. He never made an effort to tell his youths to back off but he remained staring at Mangoma being beaten up. It was so clear and obvious that these people were sponsored by Tsvangirai," a senior party source said.
Youth Assembly Secretary General Promise Mkwananzi was also assaulted while his boss Solomon Madzore was holed up in the building unable to leave.
Psychology Maziwisa of Zanu-PF said: "About the only thing holding the MDC-T's dignity has been its call in the recent past for Tsvangirai to resign.
"But with the way Elton Mangoma was butchered today, and there are reports Biti survived only because he left Harvest House clutching onto Tsvangirai's jacket, any pretence that Tsvangirai is leader of a civilised party has been destroyed."
Police had to be called in to break the violence the second in three weeks at the MDC headquarters.
The youths had been plotting violence Mangoma due to his calling for leadership renewal in the party.
"It is shocking that this thing actually took place right in Tsvangirai's face and with him smiling. He never made an effort to tell his youths to back off but he remained staring at Mangoma being beaten up. It was so clear and obvious that these people were sponsored by Tsvangirai," a senior party source said.
Youth Assembly Secretary General Promise Mkwananzi was also assaulted while his boss Solomon Madzore was holed up in the building unable to leave.
Psychology Maziwisa of Zanu-PF said: "About the only thing holding the MDC-T's dignity has been its call in the recent past for Tsvangirai to resign.
"But with the way Elton Mangoma was butchered today, and there are reports Biti survived only because he left Harvest House clutching onto Tsvangirai's jacket, any pretence that Tsvangirai is leader of a civilised party has been destroyed."
Source - zimeye
