HARARE, Zimbabwe — An explosive device hit the security wall of Zimbabwe
finance minister Tendai Biti's home in an attempted bombing early Sunday but
caused no damage, a party spokesman said.
"An unidentified object was thrown at Honorable Biti house and hit the
security wall," Nelson Chamisa, organising secretary for the Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) told AFP.
"I am told the explosion was loud and caused some discomfort among residents
in the neighbourhood. We are still trying to ascertain the circumstances,"
he added.
The incident at Biti's home in the Grange suburb came a week after police
detained 12 MDC supporters accused of killing a police officer.
The police could not be reached for comment.
Chamisa said a police guard was on duty at the time of the incident.
Biti, a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and firebrand critic of
President Robert Mugabe's economic policies, was appointed finance minister
in the coalition government charged with reviving the moribund economy.
He has been accused by Mugabe and members of his party of refusing to
increase the paltry salaries of civil servants and hanging on to a loan
meant to finance struggling business.
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