One dead and two injured in the aftermath of an attack carried out by bandits on Friday morning, against a minibus in the Muhoco area, Maua district, Niassa.

According to Alves Mathe, head of the Public Relations Office at the Provincial Command of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in Niassa, the dead and wounded were shot by an AK47 machine gun, when the vehicle in which they were being transported was on its way from the district of Marrupa on a tour to Cuamba with 17 passengers on board.

"It has been frequent in the rainy season the registration of actions of malefactors armed with firearms and white weapons in the Muhoco area to seize monetary values carried by traders.One dead and two wounded is the aftermath of an attack carried out by malefactors on Friday morning, against a mini-bus in the Muhoco area, Maua district in Niassa," said Alves Mathe.