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Police of the Republic says it will continue to dismantle Renamo bases – Mozambique
11:53 CAT | 19 Oct 2016
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The Mozambique police have announced that the Mozambican Defence and Security Forces will continue to neutralise Renamo bases and positions, eliminating groupings of the main opposition party’s armed men.
Speaking at the weekly press conference, police spokesman Inacio Dina said that the overrunning of Renamo bases in Zambezia and Nampula in the last 15 days was aimed at wiping out the armed wing of the main opposition party.
“The Mozambican Defence and Security Forces will continue to dismantle Renamo positions and bases until there is no longer any threat to public order and security,” said Dina.
Dina also confirmed the death of a child and the injury of a district secretary in Muxungué, Chibabava district, Sofala province, during an attack on the official’s residence that the government attributes to Renamo.
In the last two weeks, defence and security forces overran a base in Murrupula district, Nampula province, and one in Mocuba district, Zambezia province, seizing weapons, ammunition and medicine.
In both provinces, health centres have been targeted in attacks that the Mozambican authorities attribute to Renamo.
The current wave of military engagements in Mozambique follows the refusal of Renamo to concede defeat in the general elections in 2014, accusing the ruling party of fraud. Renamo demands governance of the six provinces in the centre and north of the country where it claims electoral victory.
Source: Lusa
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