Mozambique: Criminals rob Attorney General’s Office in Chimoio, capital of Manica province

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Mozambique: Criminals rob Attorney General’s Office in Chimoio, capital of Manica province

7:00 CAT | 10 Feb 2024

Photo: O País

The institutions of justice seem to be increasingly vulnerable in Manica. Last weekend, the location chosen by the criminals was the Attorney General’s Office in Chimoio, capital of Manica province.

Individuals as yet unidentified have robbed the Chimoio City Attorney General’s Office, stealing the Chief Public Prosecutor’s computer and cell phone and flash drive containing classified information.

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According to Remigy Guiamba, chief prosecutor of Chimoio, the criminals broke in through the window of his office, and has no doubt that the individuals were looking for two cases in particular.

“One case has to do with kidnapping, another deals with employment fraud. We have many fraud cases related to employment, linked to promises of employment at the PRM [Police of the Republic of Mozambique]. It’s not one and it’s not two. There are several,” Guiamba said.

Having failed to find the case files in question, they stole some goods, the prosecutor explained.

“We discovered that a laptop computer had disappeared from my office, along with its charger, a pen drive and a damaged cell phone we were no longer using,” he said.

A few days ago, the police presented four minors as those responsible for the robbery, but the public prosecutor denied that the street children brought forward committed the crime.

“If they had been, in fact, those minors [carrying out the break in], there were cookies, juices and other goods in the office. If it had been done by street children, they would certainly have taken cookies and juices,” explained the source.

The aforementioned four minors, who were detained at the first police station in Chimoio, have already been released. Remigy Guiamba himself urged their release, being convinced that they were not the parties responsible.

Source: O País