{"id":145398,"date":"2018-06-23T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T14:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/zimbabwe-president-mnangagwa-survives-bulawayo-explosion\/"},"modified":"2018-06-23T14:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T14:32:52","slug":"zimbabwe-president-mnangagwa-survives-bulawayo-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/zimbabwe-president-mnangagwa-survives-bulawayo-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa survives Bulawayo explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption President Mnangagwa (centre) was campaigning ahead of elections next month <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack in the city of Bulawayo.<\/p>\n

Footage from the blast at White City Stadium appears to show Mr Mnangagwa leaving the stage after addressing supporters when a device went off.<\/p>\n

He was not hurt, his spokesman said. But senior officials are among those injured, Zimbabwe media say.<\/p>\n

President Mnangagwa came into power last November, ousting his former mentor Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n

The president was in Bulawayo to campaign ahead of nationwide elections due on 30 July.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesman George Charamba issued a statement recalling: "There have been multiple attempts on the president's life over the past five years."<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwe Herald newspaper reported that Vice-President Kembo Mohadi had suffered leg injuries in the bomb blast, but there is no confirmation.<\/p>\n

Other senior officials are also said to have been injured, as well as some of their bodyguards.<\/p>\n

Who is Emmerson Mnangagwa?<\/h2>\n
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Media captionEmmerson Mnangagwa: Who is the man known as the \u2018crocodile\u2019?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • Known as "the crocodile" because of his political shrewdness - his Zanu-PF faction is "Lacoste"<\/li>\n
  • Received military training in China and Egypt<\/li>\n
  • Tortured by Rhodesian forces after his "crocodile gang" staged attacks<\/li>\n
  • Helped direct Zimbabwe's war of independence in the 1960s and 1970s<\/li>\n
  • Became the country's spymaster during the 1980s civil conflict, in which thousands of civilians were killed, but has denied any role in the massacres, blaming the army<\/li>\n
  • Accused of masterminding attacks on opposition supporters after 2008 election<\/li>\n
  • Says he will deliver jobs, and seen as open to economic reforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The 'crocodile' who snapped back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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