Mozambicans drown in attempt to escape gunmen attacking island – reports

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Mozambicans drown in attempt to escape gunmen attacking island – reports

4:26 CAT | 14 Apr 2020

People drowned in the sea as they were trying to get away from the attack on the Quirimbas islands

There are reports of another attack by Islamist militants in northern Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado province.

The jihadists took small boats from the mainland to attack one of the Quirimbas islands.

Some of the victims drowned in the sea as they tried to get away from the gunmen who then destroyed homes, schools and health centres.

The authorities have said nothing about the attack.

Last week, Mozambique’s police force said it had no information about another series of raids in Muidumbe district that are reported to have left more than 50 people dead.

Until recently little had been known about those behind the violence.

But the Islamic State group has said it was behind some of the attacks and has uploaded videos of gunmen addressing rallies in towns and villages where their black-and-white flags were flying.

The growing insecurity in Mozambique has left at least 700 people dead and more than 200,000 displaced since 2017.

Source: BBC