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News / NationalPolice foil launch of movement against Mnangagwa term extensionby Staff reporter49 mins ago |99ViewsA bomb attack on the SAPES Trust building early Tuesday destroyed the institute’s seminar room just hours before pro-democracy activists were set to announce a campaign opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his rule beyond constitutional limits.SAPES founder Ibbo Mandaza described the incident as a “targeted arson attack.” According to Mandaza, a group of men arrived at the premises around 12:40 AM, overpowered the security guard, and threw what are believed to have been petrol bombs at the building.”The guard was abducted and dumped for dead on the outskirts of the city at 1 AM.
He managed to return 10 hours later, roughed up but alive,” Mandaza said.Despite the attack, activists including former MPs Tendai Biti, Munyaradzi Gwisai, and Job Sikhala attempted to hold the planned news conference inside the charred building. However, police sealed off the site, citing it as a crime scene.On the same morning, a fire destroyed the home of Gilbert Mbwende, a member of the Constitutional Defence Forum, in Highfield at around 1:30 AM.
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