Zimbabwe's new leader describes risky escape after firing
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Zimbabwe's new president says he risked gunfire and land mines while escaping a plot to "eliminate" him after Robert Mugabe fired him as his deputy last year.
A state-run Zimbabwe Herald report Saturday says President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed the details in remarks to Zimbabweans during a visit to Angola.
Mnangagwa said he fled Zimbabwe hours after his firing, warned of plans to "eliminate" him. He said he traveled to a border post with Mozambique but was told he could not leave. He said one of his sons thwarted an effort to shoot him.
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Mnangagwa said he walked for 10 hours and then took a plane from Beira city to South Africa.
He returned days later in triumph to Zimbabwe after Mugabe resigned under pressure from the military and ruling party.