Mozambique: Joint forces kill terrorist leader- Lusa report

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Mozambique: Joint forces kill terrorist leader- Lusa report

4:02 CAT | 08 Oct 2021

Photo: Ministry of the Interior / MINT

Military forces of Mozambique and supporting countries on Wednesday shot and killed a terrorist leader who reportedly ordered the massacre of 52 people in Cabo Delgado a year and a half ago, the President of the Republic and the general commander of the police have announced.

The joint forces “killed one of the members of the [insurgent] group’s leadership, called Muhamudu,” President Nyusi said on Thursday in a speech at the Special Forces Training School in Makandzene [or Macanzene] , on the outskirts of Maputo, cited this Friday by news agencies.

Speaking on the same occasion, General Commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) Bernardino Rafael said that the man was shot in an ambush in Limala, a village nine kilometres from the administrative post of Mbau.

Mbau is located in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, and was the location of the rebel groups’ Siri 1 and Siri 2 bases, since recovered by the Mozambican and Rwandese forces who reconquered Mocímboa da Praia in early August.

Bernardino Rafael says that the terrorist leader and others were attempting to escape, “but not all succeeded”.

One of Muhamudu’s prominent accomplices had already been killed, Rafael added: “Abdulai was killed in confrontation with our forces in late 2020.”

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*That there’s access to this RDF briefing is, itself a key marker in the armed effort.

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— Pearl Matibe (@PearlMatibe) October 2, 2021

According to the government, the Xitaxi massacre took place on April 8, 2020. The bodies of 52 people killed during an onslaught by rebel groups in Muidumbe district which lasted several days were found in the village which gave its name to the atrocity.

Source: Lusa