Zimbabwean police
have arrested the political commissar of a war veterans association
which has denounced President Robert Mugabe, the Associated Press news
agency quotes a lawyer as saying.
Francis Nhando was arrested
today along with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans
Association's secretary-general Victor Matemadanda, AP reports. Mr Matemadanda was arrested in the capital, Harare
A third war veteran was arrested last week after the association issued a statement accusing Mr Mugabe of being "dictatorial".
Zimbabwe's
Zanu-PF has been hit by a succession battle as rival factions position
themselves to take power from the 92-year-old president.
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