Lawyers for Zimbabwe abductees arrested - opposition

The opposition in Zimbabwe say police have arrested two lawyers representing activists who were in hospital after being abducted.

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CC) said the lawyers, Doug Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi, had been detained on suspicion of obstructing justice.

They had told police that their clients were medically unfit to be questioned.

The opposition activists were badly beaten during their abduction in the capital, Harare, on Saturday by unidentified attackers.

The arrests took place on the day that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in for a second term in office after elections described by the opposition as fraudulent.