According to Adriano Nuvunga, the bullets were wrapped in papers, and although the content of the messages was generally unclear, on at least one of them was written "Beware, Nuvunga".

"This for us is a veiled threat that aims to limit our work, a work that aims precisely to extend access to justice so that people who are victims of corruption and impunity can have a minimum of dignity. So with all these threats, what I can say is that the struggle continues," the activist declared.

Contacted by Lusa, the National Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) of Mozambique confirmed that it had received the denunciation, and said that operations are underway to identify the people who left the bullets in the activist's house.

"We received the report on Monday and are already working on it. It is premature to advance any hypothesis of what really happened, but the authorities are working to bring the truth of the facts," stressed Sernic spokesman Hilario Lole.

Adriano Nuvunga, one of the most vocal and critical voices in Mozambican civil society, is Director of the non-governmental organization Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) and has also directed the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), in addition to being a professor of Political Science at the Eduardo Mondlane University, the oldest higher education institution in Mozambique.

In 2020, Adriano Nuvunga received a bomb threat in his house, a case that Amnesty International has asked to be investigated, but whose outcome is still not known. (RTP)