'Violent attacks' on Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change party members

MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said a top official was stopped and beaten up by militants from President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF on Tuesday morning.

His warning comes a few days after an MDC residence was raided by police.

Zanu-PF has described the comments as "cheap propaganda" following the MDC's decision to end co-operation in the unity government formed in February.

Mr Chamisa told journalists in the capital, Harare, that acts of violence against MDC supporters had started happening in both urban and rural areas.

The pattern of violence was reminiscent of the attacks on MDC supporters during last year's elections, he said.