Sadly, I’m speaking literally:

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care with a suspected skull fracture on Wednesday after what he says was a brutal attack by President Robert Mugabe’s police.

Images of a battered Tsvangirai appearing in court have fueled world outrage over a crackdown on political protests by Mugabe’s government and its treatment of opponents.

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Tsvangirai, speaking to a radio reporter from his hospital bed, said he was attacked after arriving at a police station to check on supporters who had been detained with him on Sunday when the government broke up a planned prayer vigil.

“It was almost as if they were waiting for me,” he said in remarks broadcast on South Africa’s national radio.

“Before I could even settle down I was subjected to a lot of beatings, in fact it was random beatings, but I think the intention was to inflict as much harm as they could.”