Father Fernão Magalhães died of natural causes, in this case hypertension, according to the preliminary results of the autopsy.

"The preliminary results that we had already presented, which said that it was a natural death, have not changed, we simply wanted a competent body to be able to confirm the autopsy examinations, so it was confirmed that it was chronic hypertension that he had been suffering from for a long time," said Enina Tsinine, spokeswoman for the National Criminal Investigation Service, quoted by the newspaper Ikweli.

A new fact revealed by the spokeswoman is that the priest's body was found on his knees, so it is assumed that he left the room to take his medication. "This pill was evaluated, as well as tests, and it was found that his lungs were inflamed due to chronic hypertension."

Fernão Magalhães, the front-runner for governor of Nampula province for the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), died on Saturday at his home in the city of Nampula.

SERNIC took the opportunity to present a group of two individuals who allegedly climbed onto and vandalized the roof of a building materials store and stole 337,000 meticais.