Hundreds of armed police raided the offices of Zimbabwe's main opposition party and independent election observers on Friday amid the continuing turmoil caused by the delay in releasing results.
The police seized computers and documents from the Movement for Democratic Change party headquarters and arrested about 360 people, the majority of whom were refugees who had fled the countryside, Secretary-General Tendai Biti told CNN from South Africa.
Speaking by phone from Johannesburg, Biti said those arrested included "pregnant women and very young children, babies. Those arrested also include key members of staff, and some of our politicians."
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CNN's Kim Norgaard contributed to this report.
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