Zanu PF after Sikhala

Job Sikhala, the leader of recently formed breakaway political party the
MDC-99, claims he was the target of a petrol bomb attack late on Friday.
Speaking to Newsreel Sikhala said he was not home when suspected state
agents petrol bombed a minibus that was outside his St Mary's home in
Chitungwiza.

The controversial former legislator for St Mary's is convinced the incident
was engineered by ZANU PF to try and get him into a political fist fight
with the MDC, led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. This is because the
culprits behind the attack moved around in a blue Nissan Sunny vehicle that
had no number plates and were distributing MDC-T fliers, suggesting the
party was behind the attack.

"Why would the MDC-T bomb my residence then leave fliers implicating
themselves," he asked. He said the fliers also alleged that he had met
secretly with MDC-T senior figures like Finance Minister Tendai Biti, Elias
Mudzuri and Fidelis Mhashu, who are alleged to be disgruntled with
inter-party power struggles. Mhashu and Mudzuri were recently dropped in a
cabinet reshuffle while Biti is having to deal with accusations he is
leading a faction opposed to Tsvangirai.