Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is requesting diplomatic immunity after being accused of assaulting a 20-year-old model, Sky New quoted South African police as saying Wednesday.

The wife of leader Robert Mugabe failed to appear at a police station on Tuesday to answer charges she hit Gabriella Engels with an extension cord, authorities claimed.

Engels was visiting a hotel room in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg where the first lady's sons were staying, when she alleges the assault happened.

She later posted a picture on Twitter showing a gash in her forehead. Her mother said that she had received 14 stitches after the incident.

Source : Mena