HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean opposition legislator was badly beaten on Sunday as he tried to travel to Belgium, a day after his colleagues were stopped from taking a medical trip to South Africa, an official from his party said.
Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change headed by Morgan Tsvangirai, was at Harare airport on his way to an Africa, Pacific and Carribean- European Union parliamentary meeting when about eight men pounced on him.
"He was badly beaten by men who jumped out of two unmarked cars at the airport," said William Bango, Tsvangirai's spokesman.
Chamisa was receiving treatment at a Harare hospital on his eye and left jaw and had lost a lot of blood, Bango said.
On Saturday, police stopped two other MDC leaders, Sekai Holland and Grace Kwinje, boarding a flight to South Africa for medical checks after they were beaten in police custody a week ago, their lawyer said.
Arthur Mutambara, the leader of a splinter MDC faction, was also stopped from traveling to South Africa, where he spends part of his time working, an MDC official said.
Police were not immediately available for comment.
Police arrested Tsvangirai and dozens of opposition and civic group leaders for holding an illegal rally several days ago, defense lawyers say.
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