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Mozambique | Just in: General Inácio Dina is no longer PRM commander in Maputo province
1:52 CAT | 24 Feb 2022
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The Commander General of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), Bernardino Rafael has dismissed the PRM commanders in Maputo province and Manuhiça district and the PRM heads of operations in Manhiça district and Xinavane.
The developments were confirmed to ‘O País’ by spokesman for the General Command of the PRM, Orlando Modumane.
As of last night, General Inácio Dina ceased to be commander of the PRM in Maputo province.
In addition to Inácio Dina, the district commander of the PRM in Manhiça, the head of operations in that district and the head of the police station in Xinavane ceased their functions.
Mozambique: Chaos in Xinavane – Notícias
The reasons for the dismissals have not yet been made public, but the termination of office takes place a day after rioting in the village of Xinavane, in Manhiça district, yesterday morning.
According to ‘Notícias’ sources, the handling of the riots following on from the strike of workers at the Açucareira de Xinavane in Manhiça precipitated the dismissal of General Inácio Dina from the post of PRM commander in Maputo province.
The demonstration by the sugar factory workers allegedly escaped police control at the Xinavane administrative post, resulting in acts of vandalism by the strikers and public and characterised by the destruction of public and private infrastructure, including the local police post. Protesters also set fire to vehicles and erected barricades on main roads.
Yesterday’s riots followed the alleged arrest on Tuesday of seven sugar factory workers, later taken to the District Command in Manhiça, on charges of instigating a strike.
Read: Mozambique: Calm after riots in Xinavane – Noticias | Watch
Source: O País / Noticias
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