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Canalmoz / A car stuck in a hole near Catandica, central Mozambique
On Sunday 17 April Renamo used local community members to dig a trench 1 m wide and 50 cm deep across the N7 road in Honde, Barue, the site of repeated Renamo attacks. Three trucks which were stopped were set on fire. An article posted by Club of Mozambique has pictures of a car stuck in the trench and the burning lorries, including one carrying timber.
On Monday police shot and killed two people trying to sabotage a bridge nearby. (AIM Eng 19, 20 Apr)
In the early hours of Monday morning two Renamo offices in Chimoio were set on fire and money and IT equipment stolen. They were the Renamo provincial headquarters in the city centre and the Soalpo neighbourhood office.
On the evening of Monday 18 April, Renamo official António Sautane Chulo, the second deputy chair of the Inhambane Provincial Assembly, was shot and seriously injured. The attack occurred outside his home in Maxixe.
Renamo claims at least 12 party members were murdered during the first three months of 2016 in Gorongosa, Sofala. Renamo said that in February nine people were taken from their homes and executed in Canda, Gorongosa, along with a man who hoisted the party’s flag in the Mapombwe neighbourhood of Gorongosa village. On 27 March a demobilised Renamo man was allegedly shot dead after he was dragged from a public taxi while he was en-route to his farm in the district. On 28 March, two taxi-bike drivers were allegedly shot at Macossa crossroads after they were accused of taking food to party leader Afonso Dhlakama, who returned to his Gorongosa base early in January. (VOA Pt)
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