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Police raid opposition party’s offices

    JOHANNESBURG

    Police raided the offices of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party - the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - on Thursday without a warrant, claiming they were searching for hostages, AFP reported quoting party officials. At least 15 armed riot police, plus additional plainclothes officers, arrived at the offices of the MDC around 3.40 pm and began searching the office, MDC representative Learnmore Jongwe said. The police remained in the office for about 90 minutes, with another truck of police stationed outside, and took the personal details of everyone there, Jongwe said. “The official and unreasonable excuse they gave is that they were searching for hostages,” Jongwe said. Police declined to say why they were at the offices, saying only that they were on duty. Police have raided the MDC’s office several times during the last year. Their offices also suffered a grenade attack last year.

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