Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack in the city of Bulawayo.
Video footage from White City Stadium appears to show an explosion happening close to MrMnangagwa as he was leaving the stage having addressed supporters.
While the president was unhurt, state TV reports that Vice-President KemboMohadi has suffered a leg injury.President Mnangagwa came into power last November, ousting his former mentor Robert Mugabe.
The president was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city, to campaign for his Zanu-PF party ahead of nationwide elections taking place on 30 July.
Presidential spokesman George Charamba issued a statement confirming MrMnangagwa was safe and recalling that there have been multiple attempts on the president’s life over the past five years.The Zimbabwe Herald newspaper described the explosion as an assassination attempt on the president.
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