Zimbabwe president escapes blast at rally

By Macdonald Dzirutwe
Updated June 24 2018 - 6:26am, first published 6:21am
A number of people have been injured by a blast at a rally in Zimbabwe but the president was unhurt.
A number of people have been injured by a blast at a rally in Zimbabwe but the president was unhurt.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has escaped injury in an explosion at a political rally, and vowed the "cowardly act" would not derail Zimbabwe's first election since the ouster of former strongman Robert Mugabe.

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