Thursday August 2, 2018
Zimbabwe's first elections since the removal of long-standing president Robert Mugabe turned violent when troops opened fire on protests against alleged voting fraud, killing at least three people.Here is a timeline of events leading up to Monday's landmark vote and its bloody aftermath.MUGABE HOUSE ARRESTTension builds following Mugabe's sacking of Emmerson Mnangagwa as his vice president in early November 2017, a move seen as positioning the veteran president's wife to become his successor.Army tanks take up positions around the capital overnight November 14-15 and Mugabe is put under house arrest.