Daily Mail: Is Zimbabwe heading for coup? Military sends TANKS to the capital after head of armed forces warned he would step in to end Mugabe's political purge
* Several tanks and armed soldiers seen heading towards Harare, Zimbabwe
* Yesterday, head of Zimbabwe's armed forces openly threatened to 'step in'
* He responded to President Robert Mugabe's sacking of his vice-president
* It is widely seen as a move to make way for Grace Mugabe to succeed him
A military convoy has been seen heading towards the capital of Zimbabwe, less than a day after the head of the military said he could 'step in' to end President Mugabe's 'purge' of opponents.
Mugabe plunged the country into crisis last week by sacking vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, widely seen as a power move to make way for his wife Grace to succeed him.
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