Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said today he took “great exception” to the support given by Western nations to what he called violent opposition politics in his southern African nation.

ZIMBABWE’S main opposition leader yesterday said police beat him repeatedly in the head, back, knees and arm and he lost a lot of blood in an attack seemed intended “to inflict as much harm as they could”.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader today said police beat him repeatedly in the head, back, knees and arm and that he lost a lot of blood in an attack that seemed intended “to inflict as much harm as they could”.