On Zimbabwe Terrors
Zimbabwe braces for its runoff election, and massive violence hangs in the balance.
From a BBC News correspondent in Zimbabwe under deep cover:
Anyone who has been actively involved in opposition politics can be assumed to be a target of the sinister gangs which come at night, dragging people from their beds for a savage beating or sometimes worse.
Truly, spectacularly horrifying. And it wasn't easy to get the report. A glimpse:
His car blocked ours. He got out with three other men, striding towards us, wearing a T-shirt with two Kalashnikovs and Robert Mugabe's face printed on it.We were in trouble.
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