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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday said an attack on his convoy in Masvingo a day earlier by ZANU PF supporters is a primitive form of engagement and tarnishes the image of the country.<\/p>\n

Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo province, for the first time during a news conference.<\/p>\n

The attack by a mob of about 200 placard-waving mobs left five supporters, including a councillor, injured and one of his security vehicles was badly damaged.<\/p>\n

Chamisa said the mob had been mobilised by ZANU PF and bribed with food to stage a protest against sanctions. He said:<\/p>\n

We are here to seek peace and congregate with the local communities. What we got is a lot of panic from the police, a lot of panic from state institutions, and a lot of panic from ZANU PF as an organisation.<\/p>\n

I mean what they did yesterday, bringing burning logs to barricade the road, are primitive things.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t do such things. It damages and tarnishes the image of the country. We have a country being reduced to stone-age engagement.<\/p>\n

Why can\u2019t you interact with us, why do you want us to interact with stones?<\/p>\n

Five MDC Alliance officials were treated for minor injuries, including ward 5 councillor, Daniel Mberikunashe.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ZANU PF Acting political commissar Patrick Chinamasa said Chamisa was attacked after provoking ZANU PF supporters in the province. Said Chinamasa:<\/p>\n

Mr Chamisa imposed himself on the Masvingo audience seeking to address them without their consent.<\/p>\n

What I hear happened in Masvingo was that the opposition leader was trying to impose himself to an audience that did not want to listen to him.<\/p>\n

He had no right to force people to listen to him. He had a right to address people, but only those who were willing to be addressed by him.<\/p>\n

In this case, the information I received is that the villagers did not want to be addressed by him for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

If you listen to a mad man, you become part of his cast. Our Zanu PF people had a right to refuse to be addressed. It\u2019s their right.<\/p>\n

Chamisa alleged that most of the demonstrators were drunk after being plied with alcohol overnight and then being driven to the location where they blocked his passage.<\/p>\n

ZANU PF supporter Nhamoinesu Nemanwa was named as one of the ring leaders that orchestrated the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday said an attack on his convoy in Masvingo a day earlier by ZANU PF supporters is a primitive form of engagement and tarnishes the image of the country. Chamisa addressed the attack in Charumbira, Masvingo province, for the first time during a news conference. 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