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    Zimbabwe election: International calls for restraint

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    Media caption captures footage of post-election violence in Harare

    A government crackdown in after Monday's elections has prompted international calls for restraint.

    The UN and former colonial the UK both expressed concern about the violence, in which three people were killed after troops opened fire.

    Parliamentary results gave victory to the ruling Zanu-PF party in the first vote since the ouster of former ruler Robert Mugabe.

    But the opposition says Zanu-PF rigged the election.

    The result of the presidential election has yet to be declared. The MDC opposition alliance insist their candidate, Nelson Chamisa, beat the incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

    UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Zimbabwe's politicians to exercise restraint, while UK foreign office minister Harriett Baldwin said she was “deeply concerned” by the violence.

    The US embassy in Harare urged the army to “use restraint” on Twitter, saying the country had an “historic opportunity” for a brighter future.

    Human rights group Amnesty International meanwhile called on the government to open a probe into the 's actions.

    Amnesty's acting secretary general Colm O Cuanachain said in a press release that the “militarisation” of the…

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