Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa says he was ‘inches’ from Bulawayo explosion

Zimbabwe’s president says the explosive device in an attack on his campaign rally went off a “few inches away from me, but it is not my time.”

President Emmerson Mnangagwa told the state broadcaster that there have been “so many” attempts on his life in the past and that he is used to them.

He adds that “I can assure you these are my normal enemies.”

Police are investigating the explosion that occurred seconds after Mnangagwa addressed a stadium crowd in Bulawayo city and stepped into a VIP tent just off the stage.

Zimbabwe faces its first election without longtime leader Robert Mugabe on July 30.