Man shot dead in central Maputo was a member of the police

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Man shot dead in central Maputo was a member of the police

1:32 CAT | 13 Mar 2020

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The man shot dead on Wednesday in the centre of the Mozambican capital was a member of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), a police source told Lusa on Thursday.

“The man who was shot by unknown individuals was a member of SERNIC. There are not many details for now, but we are working on tracing these individuals,” police spokesman Orlando Modumane said.

The incident occurred at around 6:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, when the victim was driving a vehicle which was hit with several shots fired by a group of men in another vehicle.

After the shots were fired, the victim’s car skidded into the wall of the Industrial School of Maputo.

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Even with the victim’s car immobilised, one of the assassins approached the vehicle and fired again, resulting in a young man who was passing by being injured by shards of flying glass.

The body of the victim was not removed from the scene by authorities until around 7:30 p.m..

Source: Lusa