British photographer says Mugabe's wife attacked him

A British photographer said today that the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe punched him repeatedly in the face after he tried to take pictures of her near a luxury hotel in Hong Kong earlier this week.

British photographer says Mugabe's wife attacked him
Sun, 18 Jan, 2009 - 12:25

A British photographer said today that the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe punched him repeatedly in the face after he tried to take pictures of her near a luxury hotel in Hong Kong earlier this week.

Richard Jones said that Grace Mugabe, 43, ordered a bodyguard to hold him down and then attacked him herself on Thursday near the Shangri-La hotel on Hong Kong’s Kowloon peninsula.

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