Zambian police have fired tear gas and arrested 28 people during a raid on the home of opposition vice-presidential candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba.
The police said they were looking for people who had vandalised election posters and fled to the house.
During the raid they found five petrol bombs as well as spears and machetes, a police spokesperson added.
There have been growing concerns over political violence in Zambia ahead of next month's general election.
Mr Mwamba is the running mate of the United Party for National Development's presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema.
The party said the petrol bombs were planted at the house.
Mr Mwamba, who was not in the house in Kasama in the country's Northern Province at time of the raid, said his grandchildren were injured during the raid.
On his Facebook page, he said:
My small grandchildren have been taken to hospital as they have been victims of this barbaric act carried out by the police."
Mr Mwamba is the running mate of the United Party for National Development's presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema.
North Province Police Commissioner Bonnie Kapeso said the police officers had to use tear gas in order to get the people they were chasing out of the house.
They made 28 arrests, he added. Zambians go to the poll on 11 August to elect a president and a new parliament.
President Edgar Lungu, from the Patriotic Front, is facing a tough challenge from Mr Hichilema.
The police said they were looking for people who had vandalised election posters and fled to the house.
During the raid they found five petrol bombs as well as spears and machetes, a police spokesperson added.
There have been growing concerns over political violence in Zambia ahead of next month's general election.
Mr Mwamba is the running mate of the United Party for National Development's presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema.
The party said the petrol bombs were planted at the house.
Mr Mwamba, who was not in the house in Kasama in the country's Northern Province at time of the raid, said his grandchildren were injured during the raid.
On his Facebook page, he said:
My small grandchildren have been taken to hospital as they have been victims of this barbaric act carried out by the police."
Mr Mwamba is the running mate of the United Party for National Development's presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema.
North Province Police Commissioner Bonnie Kapeso said the police officers had to use tear gas in order to get the people they were chasing out of the house.
They made 28 arrests, he added. Zambians go to the poll on 11 August to elect a president and a new parliament.
President Edgar Lungu, from the Patriotic Front, is facing a tough challenge from Mr Hichilema.
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