Police authorities shot dead five people and arrested a sixth in Emalahleni (formerly Witbank) in Mpumalanga this morning, suspected of carrying out robberies at automated teller machines (ATMs). Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale said the information was operationalized, leading the team to Schoongezicht, where the group would be...
CDE president killed by people in Inhassunge
The people of Inhassunge district, in Zambezia province, have allegedly beaten to death the President of the District Electoral Commission (CDE). According to Canalmoz, Luís Joaquim Salimo was killed as part of a day and night raid aimed at catching all the police officers and all the prominent members of Frelimo, including...
Police fired with possible intention of killing protesters
The president of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM), Napoleão Viola, said yesterday that there is a "clairvoyant" possibility that the police force deployed to repel demonstrations in the country fired with the intention of taking the lives of the demonstrators. This is the "conclusion" of a technical reading by doctors after witnessing the entry of patients wounded by bullets from...
PRM killed nine, injured dozens and arrested 47 - CDD
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) today accused the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) of taking the lives of nine citizens, injuring dozens and making 47 arbitrary arrests during demonstrations against the election results. In today's assessment of the events of Thursday and early Friday morning, the PRM General Command did not...
Demonstrations: Police kill, injure and detain citizens in Nampula
One dead, several injured and 24 people - 16 in the city of Nacala and eight in Nacala - arrested by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) is the outcome of operations to suppress marches in Nampula province on Thursday. Witnesses told journalists that in addition to tear gas, the PRM used...
Pharmacists indicted for killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs
Three farmers have been indicted for murdering two women and feeding the bodies of the victims to the pharma pigs in South Africa. The accused appeared in court in Limpopo on Tuesday, and the local prosecutor's office wants them held in custody until the trial date. Farm owner Zachariah Johannes Olivier, supervisor Andrian Rudolph de Wet and employee William Musora face charges,...
"Hot back": SERNIC agent who shot dead a young man sentenced to two years in prison converted into a fine
The agent of the National Investigation Service (SERNIC), Galileu Lourenço Singano, accused of murdering the citizen identified as Elísio José Nhachungue, has had his two-year sentence converted into payment of a fine. According to the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), the SERNIC agent is the son of Lourenço Singano, a...
Video: Plane crash kills more than 60 people in Brazil
More than 60 people died on Friday afternoon (09) as a result of a plane crash in a residential area of the city of Vinhedo, about 80 km from São Paulo, Brazil. According to local media reports, 61 or 62 people were on board the VoePass Linhas Aéreas aircraft, of...
FADM/Cabo Delgado: businessman killed carrying box of machine-gun ammunition
A businessman was shot dead by soldiers from the Armed Forces and Defense of Mozambique (FADM) on Monday (08), in Vila Sede in the district of Macomia, in Cabo Delgado province. A statement from the FADM explains that the citizen was stopped while driving at a prohibited time during a night patrol carried out by a joint unit of the...