Mozambique: Attack on commercial establishment leaves one dead in Sofala

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Mozambique: Attack on commercial establishment leaves one dead in Sofala

1:03 CAT | 13 Sep 2021

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: DW]

Police on Friday (September 10) confirmed that one woman died in Muanza district in Sofala province when 10 armed men invaded a commercial establishment there.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but the central region of Mozambique has in the past been the scene of attacks by the self-styled Renamo Military Junta.

According to the spokesman for the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in the province, Daniel Macuácua, one woman died and two men were injured in the attack.

The incident, in Chinapanimba, 50 kilometres from the district headquarters village, took place at around 6:00 p.m. last Thursday (September 9). The group seized staple products, as well as taking an undisclosed amount in cash.

Macuácua did not say whether the group was made up of members of the dissident Military Junta of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo), led by Mariano Nhongo, saying only, in a press statement on Friday morning, that “Teams are working on site to try to identify the perpetrators of the crime”.

Railline.f.dw_ — *The attack on the railway line in Muanza in March, 2021*

Incident in March

In March of this year, a group of still-unidentified individuals shot at a freight train on the Sena railway line on the border between Muanza and Cheringoma districts, injuring the driver.

The Sena line was the scene of repeated armed attacks on freight trains between 2014 and 2017. At the time, authorities accused armed men of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) of being behind the attacks.

Afonso Dhlakama was then leading Mozambique’s largest opposition party. The main targets were locomotives from the coal mining company Vale Moçambique, which for some time suspended circulation in the region in response to the attacks.

Source: Deutsche Welle