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MDC alleges Zimbabwe murder plot
Tsvangirai delays return to country after his party claims his life is in danger.
Last Modified: 17 May 2008 17:14 GMT
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Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, has delayed his return to the country over an alleged assassination plot.
 
George Sibotshiwe, spokesman for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Saturday said party officials received information from a "credible source" about a planned attack on Tsvangirai.
"We are not in a position to say whether this threat was related to state or non-state actors," Sibotshiwe said.
 
The MDC leader went abroad due to security concerns after Zimbabwe's disputed elections on March 29.
The MDC won majority in parliamentary elections and Tsvangirai claimed victory even in the presidential electioin.
 
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But the country's election commission said he had not won enough votes for an outright victory, prompting the run-off vote.
 
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Tsvangirai was expected back in Harare on Saturday to prepare to take part in the run-off vote scheduled for June 27.
 
Sibotshiwe said: "In light of this information [of a plot] ... it has been decided that the president will not return today.
 
"This will enable his security detail more time to analyse and mitigate the threat."
 
Zimbabwe's election process has seen repeated delays, violence and allegations of electoral fraud.
 
Tsvangirai accuses Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, of delaying the run-off to mount a campaign of intimidation against his supporters.
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