Mozambique: At least three killed, five shot in Wednesday’s post-election protests – NGO

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Mozambique: At least three killed, five shot in Wednesday’s post-election protests – NGO

2:08 CAT | 28 Nov 2024

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At least three people died and another five were injured by gunfire yesterday during protests contesting the election results, the Mozambican non-governmental organization Decide Electoral Platform reports.

According to the update released by the electoral monitoring platform, which shows data from Wednesday, the three fatalities were recorded in the province of Nampula, in the north of the country.

The platform’s statistics indicate that, of the total number of people shot, three occurred in Nampula and two in the city of Maputo, the country’s capital.

Data from the 4th phase of demonstrations (27/11)#MozambiqueElections #MozambiqueProtests pic.twitter.com/4UzVHky8k7

— Plataforma_decide (@PDecide23) November 27, 2024

On Tuesday, presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane called on the Mozambican population to leave their cars on the streets with signs protesting the election from 8:00 a.m. until they return from work for three days, starting today.

“From 8:00 a.m., on the open road, not on the sidewalks. We will use our roads as parking lots, with cars full of posters. We will lock the car, we will walk to work,” Mondlane urged.

“Leave the car in the middle of the road with your posters. Leave the car and go to work,” he insisted, about the new phase of protest against the electoral processes surrounding the general elections of October 9th.

Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane has called for demonstrations, which have degenerated into clashes with the police – who have resorted to firing tear gas and gunfire to disperse the protests – as a way of contesting the awarding of victory by the National Elections Commission (CNE) to Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo with 70.67% of the vote, a result yet to be validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council.

Source: Lusa