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1:57 CAT | 24 Oct 2018
Inácio Dina. Photo: Folha de Maputo
Mozambican police spokesman Inacio Dina said on Tuesday that the number of terror-related detainees in neighbouring Tanzania had increased from 104 to 132. The individuals concerned are suspected of belonging to extremist groups which are also operating in Cabo Delgado, and a team of Mozambican police officers will soon arrive in Tanzania to clarify the situation.
The team travelling to Tanzania aims to find out if there are Mozambican citizens among the detainees, a possibility that arises from the fact that the border regions of the two countries share the same language – Swahili.
“We took cognisance. There were detentions on the Tanzanian side and there was an announcement. We are in contact with Tanzania. What we are doing at this moment is to intercede with Tanzania to better understand these detentions and the intentions of the detainees. As was mentioned by Tanzania, they possibly intended to cross over into Mozambique and settle there,” the Mozambican Information Agency (AIM) quotes Dina as saying.
Dina said the exchange of information on the subject stemmed from the good relations between Mozambique and Tanzania. The two countries have signed protection and security agreements, especially with regard to border crossing in the northern parts of Mozambique.
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“In terms of information exchange, we are at a fairly advanced level. Cooperation in the field of safety and security continues. We hope that, in fact, there will continue to be a tightening of the siege on the Tanzanian side that on the Mozambican side has already been done. All that is being done at this moment is to improve the level of contact and exchange of information regarding these arrests,” Dina stressed.
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Good relations had already been commented upon by Tanzanian Police Inspector General Simon Sirro last Saturday during the announcement of the arrest of the 104 suspects, at which he also stressed that their goals would not be achieved.
The individuals are suspected of wanting to settle in northern Cabo Delgado, where, since October 2017, 90 people have been killed in attacks by unidentified armed men.
The trial of 189 people, including foreigners, accused of being the perpetrators of the attacks in Cabo Delgado began earlier this month.
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