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Zimbabwe: Opposition MP arrested for second time Sun. June 08, 2008 02:23 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) Amid a crackdown ahead of a presidential run-off a Zimbabwe opposition lawmaker was arrested on Saturday for the second time in recent days on accusations of incitement to public violence, police said. "He has been arrested. It's the same case," said police spokesperson Wayne Bvudzijena, referring to the case on which Eric Matinenga was cleared two days ago. "He has been charged with incitement to public violence." Three officers picked him up at his home on Saturday morning, an opposition spokesperson said. "Our member of parliament for Buhera west, Advocate Eric Matinenga, was taken away this morning by three men who claimed to be policemen," Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said. "No reason was given, but the men said they were taking him first to the fraud squad, then to Buhera," he said, adding: "This harassment and intimidation have reached unacceptable and alarming levels." The arrest of the MP came a day after police detained MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai for the second time in a week, as he campaigns to ahead of the June 27 run-off against President Robert Mugabe. Matinenga had been released Thursday, five days after he was arrested when he went to visit opposition MDC activists in his consistuency who had been detained on suspicion of public violence. Police suspected him of paying opposition activists who had gone around the constituency attacking supporters and activists of president Mugabe's Zanu-PF party. The state-controlled Herald newspaper said Saturday that 28 MDC and eight Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Buhera after police recovered an assortment of weapons including machete, clubs, knives and iron rods. "We have arrested these suspects and confiscated the weapons which will be used as exhibits" during judicial proceedings, it quoted police spokesperson Oliver Mandipaka as saying. - Sapa-AFP News Category: Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: 7 NATO ships set off for anti-piracy missi... US budget deficit rises to record $455 bln- Treasury ... Afghanistan: Six police officers, 18 Taliban insurgen... Black Sea: Turkish Airlines passengers foil drunken h... Peru: Suspected Shining Path rebels kill 2 soldiers Vietnam: Journalist jailed for two years for revealin... Uganda: Community bans female circumcision Southern Africa: Malawi, Zambia seeking $4mln to dem... Zimbabwe: Opposition leader hopeful deal will be rea... Somalia: Armed pirates hijack another ship near Som... More News...