20 killed since Zim run-off
07/07/2008 21:16  - (SA)  

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Harare - Twenty Movement for Democratic Change supporters have been killed since Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe stood as the sole candidate in a run-off presidential election, the party said on Monday.

The latest casualties bring the overall number of party followers to have been killed since the first round of voting in March to 109, said a statement from the MDC, blaming the bloodshed on pro-Mugabe militias.

It alleged the veteran president's supporters have "murdered 20 MDC activists, while thousands have been severely assaulted" since the June 27 election which Mugabe won by a landslide after MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the contest.

"A total of 109 MDC activists have been murdered by Zanu-PF supporters," the statement added.

The MDC had previously said that 103 of its supporters had been killed in politically-related violence since the first round of voting in which Tsvangirai beat Mugabe, but fell short of an absolute majority.

- AFP

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