From New York Times:
JOHANNESBURG — A Zimbabwean military commander who belongs to President Robert Mugabe’s inner circle and is widely regarded as a main organizer of the brutal crackdown on the political opposition earlier this year was shot in the hand on Saturday during a nighttime ambush, the state-controlled media reported Tuesday.
Mr. Mugabe’s government said that the shooting was an assassination attempt and part of a broader effort to destabilize the country, while a senior opposition official said in an interview that he believed it grew out of an internecine battle within ZANU-PF, the ruling party, over who will succeed the 84-year-old Mr. Mugabe, in power for 28 years.
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