VIDEO SHOWS: ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA STANDING UP AND WALKING OFF STAGE WITH VICE PRESIDENT KEMBO MOHADI / EXPLOSION / PEOPLE ON GROUND / EMERGENCY WORKERS HELPING INJURED PEOPLE EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT UPDATES 6151- ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/EXPLOSION WITH HIGHER QUALITY AND ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE (JUNE 23, 2018) (CONICAL TOWER PRO - MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY "CONICAL TOWER PRO" / NO RESALE / NO NEW USES AFTER 23 SEPTEMBER 2018 23:59:59GMT) 1.

ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT, EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, STANDING UP WITH VICE PRESIDENT, KEMBO MOHADI (RIGHT)/ MNANGAGWA AND MOHADI WALKING OFF STAGE WITH OTHER OFFICIALS/ EXPLOSION 2.

PEOPLE WATCHING AFTER EXPLOSION/ PEOPLE ON GROUND 3.

PEOPLE AND MEDIA LOOKING ON AS EMERGENCY WORKERS RUN TOWARDS PEOPLE ON GROUND 4.

PEOPLE HELPING INJURED PEOPLE ON GROUND/ PEOPLE CARRYING INJURED MAN AND PUTTING HIM ON GROUND 5.

EMERGENCY WORKERS HELPING PEOPLE ON GROUND/ EMERGENCY WORKERS CARRYING INJURED PERSON ON STRETCHER 6.

INJURED PEOPLE ON GROUND STORY: President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped injury in an explosion at a political rally on Saturday (June 23).

He vowed the "cowardly act" would not derail Zimbabwe's first election since the ouster of former strongman Robert Mugabe.

Mnangagwa, a former Mugabe loyalist installed after the army ousted his erstwhile patron, said an object had "exploded a few inches away from me, but it is not my time." He also said the injured included Vice President Kembo Mohadi, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, the environment minister and the deputy speaker of parliament.

The blast came as Zimbabwe prepared to hold its first post-Mugabe presidential election on July 30, with 75-year-old Mnangagwa and 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, the main contenders.

Police said on Sunday they were searching for a motive for an explosion that injured 49 people.