The Commander-in-Chief of the Defence and Security Forces, Filipe Nyusi, today ordered the Ministry of the Interior (MINT) to investigate the reasons that led the police "to adopt a confrontational stance towards the young people who organized a demonstration in honour of the 'rapper' Azagaia on the 18th of this month, which resulted in injuries and damage to young people and passers-by".

Speaking at the Academy of Police Sciences (ACIPOL) at the XVIII Police Sciences graduation ceremony, Filipe Nyusi also urged the MINT to "identify those who seek to take advantage of the individual virtue of 'rapper' Azagaia to achieve their ends".

"And because there was information that there were people who wanted to take advantage of the situation to fulfill competing agendas and create disorder, the police were forced to act, which culminated in the disproportionate use of force," said Nyusi.

In his speech on the march, the President of the Republic said that "we want to say that we regret what happened and we will take the necessary measures to clarify what happened and to prevent these situations from happening again".

Filipe Nyusi also asked Mozambicans to remain vigilant in the face of what he called acts that could divide and delay national development, calling on young people to distance themselves "from these attempts to take advantage of any nature or origin".