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The death of Zimbabwean war veterans' leader Chenjerai "Hitler" Hunzvi on Monday has left a vacuum within the movement he had come to symbolise, analysts told IRIN. Hunzvi, who led the majority faction of the veterans' association that served as the political "shock troops" of the ruling party, died in hospital on Monday, state radio reported. His group spearheaded the violent invasions of white-owned commercial farms last year, before turning to an urban campaign that purportedly championed workers' rights but degenerated into intimidation and extortion.