Around 200 people claiming to be victims of political violence in Zimbabwe gathered at the South African embassy in Harare on Wednesday night seeking refuge amid an election crisis in the country.

A reporter saw men; women and children huddled in the open in the car park of the embassy situated less than a kilometre (mile) from President Robert Mugabe's official residence.

Humanitarian agencies were busy distributing blankets to the group, which claimed they fled their homes in various parts of the country after alleged Mugabe’s supporters attacked them.

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