Zimbabweans flee to U.S. Embassy

(CNN) - About 220 Zimbabweans have fled to the U.S. Embassy in Harare seeking refuge from election-related violence, according to U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Weinberg.

By 8 p.m., embassy staff were moving "most of the women and children into safe houses," and were trying to get water and blankets for the growing crowd, Weinberg said.

Many of the refugees are supporters of the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change. The group huddled together with their possessions, some of them with bandaged wounds, according to a journalist who was at the scene. CNN is not identifying the journalist for security reasons.