Zimbabwe President Escapes Assassination Attempt. Vice President Wounded

Daily Mail: Plot to kill the Croc: Explosion rocks stadium in Zimbabwe in 'assassination' bid to take out president Emmerson Mnangagwa as he addresses rally ahead of next month's election

* President Emmerson Mnangagwa was taken to safety at a house in Bulawayo
* There were reports of injuries after the explosion apparently close to the VIP tent
* Witnesses said the blast occurred as the president had finished speaking

An explosion rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe's president was addressing a campaign rally on Saturday in what state media have called an assassination attempt.

Footage showed a blast just as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed The Crocodile, had just finished addressing the crowd and was leaving the podium.

Mnangagwa was whisked to safety a state house in the city of Bulawayo, where he had been speaking ahead of next month's election.

He later called for unity despite political differences after 'this senseless act of violence' and said he would not allow a 'cowardly act to get in our way as we move towards elections'.

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