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Mugabe supporters beat people at opposition rally: MDC

HARARE
Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:29am EDT

HARARE (Reuters) - Armed supporters of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party have started beating people at a rally where opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was due to speak on Sunday, Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change said.

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"The (ZANU-PF youth) militia have started beating people who are at the venue and those that were on their way," the MDC said in a statement. Tsvangirai is campaigning for the June 27 presidential run-off against President Robert Mugabe.

(Reporting by Paul Simao)
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