Mozambique's opposition Renamo calls off rally after official shot

Maputo: Mozambique's opposition Renamo party cancelled a planned rally on Thursday in the port town of Beira after a senior official was shot and wounded on Wednesday, as the ruling party rejected claims it was behind such attacks.

Manuel Bissopo, the party's secretary general, was shot by unknown assailants in Beira, the second largest city in the southern African country and his party's stronghold. He was taken to hospital, police said, and his bodyguard was killed.