By Farai D Hove| “It was my 1st time kuona hondo LIVE pa tv muZimbabwe…Bhomba kuti booom ndakatarisa I’m no longer a born free ndatova war vet,” wrote Mr Russie Chidakwa.
Chidakwa was writing on the bomb explosion attack which the state media has claimed was an assassination attempt on president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The total number of the injured has since reached 49.
The attack happened on Saturday afternoon just after the president had finished his speech and he was leaving the premises at White City stadium in Bulawayo.
The injured who were still struggling in hospital Monday morning include Environment Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Vice President Kembo Mohadi.
A state media columnist has since attempted at analysing various persons of interest who he said could have an agenda to hurt the president, and he has fingered former President Robert Mugabe is the most likely possibility.
Columnist and state media critic, Reason Wafawarova wrote saying, “Robert Mugabe and Wife: Very bitter enemies of Mnangagwa. Badly want him and ZANU-PF to fail and demise. The two were reportedly in Singapore and the time, but they do not have to be anywhere in particular for such an act to be carried out on their behalf.
Do the two have capacity? They still have significant links to the security sector, and they do have capacity to cause harm, if they chose to try.
4. G40 as led by Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao. These two would die to have Mnangagwa dead. They wish him a tonne of grenades on his head. But they appear to be mere wishful thinkers that spend their bitterness on line. Hard to believe they could execute such an attack.
5. Saviour Kasukuwere and Brigadier Mutinhiri. These two have capacity given their security background. But it is hard to believe they have any intention to fight the other side with force. They know the outcome and repercussions very well, and they wouldn’t dare.
6. Inside Job: It is hard to believe one would dare a stage managed grenade explosion from such close proximity. That would be very close to suicide bombing, and we do not have such courageous people this side of the world. Maybe in North Africa”