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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87902, member: 27"]
Armed men in unmarked vehicles besieged a prominent Zimbabwean opposition figure's offices, assaulting staff and issuing explicit death threats tied to an upcoming political launch.

CDF offices stormed by armed, unidentified men
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[*]Tendai Biti's offices got surrounded by men in unregistered vehicles.
[*]Assailants beat his driver and the accompanying women with batons.
[*]AK-47 rifles were reportedly brandished during the attack.
[*]Attackers explicitly threatened to kill the CDF convener.
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Chilling threats referenced past political violence
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[*]Assailants vowed that CDF will never launch in Zimbabwe.
[*]They invoked what happened to Professor Lovemore Madhuku.
[*]Three vehicles tailed Biti's car after he left the offices.
[*]Contact with Biti and other CDF leaders was subsequently lost.
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State involvement signs are hard to ignore
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[*]Unmarked cars and police vehicles later surrounded the street.
[*]Officers in both uniform and plain clothes were spotted.
[*]Anyone approaching Biti's law firm faced aggressive intimidation.
[*]Even regular clients visiting the offices got harassed.
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CDF frames this within a broader crackdown pattern
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[*]Activists opposing Zimbabwe's 2030 constitutional agenda face escalating threats.
[*]Abductions, torture, and assaults have targeted opposition figures recently.
[*]CDF urged SADC and the African Union to intervene urgently.
[*]The forum called on all Zimbabweans to stay vigilant.
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