Mugabe supporters did not disrupt MDC rally: govt

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government on Sunday rejected charges that members of the ruling party had violently disrupted an opposition MDC rally, prompting the opposition to withdraw from the June 27 presidential run-off election.

"We do not accept that those people were ZANU-PF. We know the MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) has been giving its thugs ZANU-PF regalia to create the impression that we are behind the violence," Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said.

(Reporting by Nelson Banya; Editing by Paul Simao)