Four men armed with machetes, axes and a gun attacked the house of Politian Tendai Biti at around midnight on Wednesday.
The Glen Lorne house is also his mother’s residence. The armed men also attacked the security guard whose head, nose and hands were bandaged when he spoke to reporters.
“We wrestled for a while as they attacked me with axes,” he said.
Three were inside and one was outside. They had a gun. I started screaming and they ran away.”
Visual evidence shows that the intruders wanted to slay Biti’s security guard. The CCC announced that the incident happened at 12 am Zimbabwe time. Police are yet to comment on the incident.
CCC Secretary-General Chalton Hwende accused Zanu-PF of orchestrating the attack on Biti’s house.
“Hon Tendai Biti’s homestead was attacked last night, his security aide seriously injured. Zanu PF leaders are playing a very dangerous game, you don’t call for an election and start killing and maiming your opponents. The violence must stop!!” Hwende said.
A lot is happening in Tendai Biti’s life right now. There is political violence happening ahead of by-elections set to be held on the 26th of March where Biti is contesting in the Harare East constituency.
Last week, Zanu-PF members allegedly attacked CCC leader Nelson Chamisa’s supporters and disrupted a rally in Kwekwe. The suspects who have since been arrested used spears, machetes, stones and iron bars to assault the opposition supporters.
Biti is also facing allegations of assaulting a Russian national and controversial Kenneth Raydon Sharpe owned Pokugara Properties employee Tatiana Aleshina. It’s difficult, at first glance to ascertain what could have motivated the attack at Hon Tendai Biti’s house with so many elements at play from personal enemies to his court case.