Today, the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who were singing the national anthem on their knees, near the statue of Eduardo Mondlane, in the Alto Maé neighborhood, along Avenida Eduardo Mondlane. The situation caused the pro-Venâncio Mondlane demonstrators, who are contesting the...
Maxaquene: 17-year-old killed by police during demonstration
The number of people who have been killed by police officers since the start of the demonstrations in protest at the election results continues to grow. In the neighborhood of Maxaque, Maputo city, another young man was killed on Friday night (15) by police officers during the peaceful demonstrations called by the presidential candidate,...
Police try to stop teachers' march. There was gunfire and tear gas
Once again, the police of the Republic of Mozambique made their presence felt this morning by stopping a teachers' march using tear gas. The act took place this morning in Maputo city, near the Commercial Institute, Avenida 24 de Julho. According to reports from some teachers heard by CDD, there was...
NGO counts 40 killed by police in three phases of demonstrations
The Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD) has counted forty people killed by police forces during three phases of demonstrations against electoral fraud. According to the NGO, "the murders" are an affront to human rights and it will work to ensure justice for the victims and their families. In addition to the deaths, the...
Police fire real bullets in Maputo neighborhoods. There have been deaths
Officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), some in plain clothes, entered some neighborhoods in Maputo city this morning, where they fired lethal bullets at people. Two deaths and one gunshot victim have already been recorded. A video shows the police in the Alto Maé neighborhood "shooting to kill" in what...
Police and military block access to the city in the face of demonstrations
The city of Maputo woke up in the middle of a battle for access to the cement zone. The demonstrators tried to hold a peaceful march against electoral fraud, but were blocked on all sides by gunfire and tear gas. According to a publication by Canal Moz, the largest number of demonstrators, including several women, came...
Plainclothes policeman stoned to death in Matola city
A plainclothes officer from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique was killed by people on Monday afternoon in the neighborhood of Malhampsene, in the municipality of Matola, Maputo province. A witness quoted by "O País" said that they were SERNIC staff. While still alive, the officer allegedly tried to repel a peaceful demonstration. He shot and killed a young man....
Police use tear gas to disperse demonstration in Maputo city
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique again used tear gas to disperse a group of demonstrators in Maputo city center, specifically on Mao Tse-Tung Avenue. The demonstration against the announced results of the October 9 general elections had been called by the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique...
Police officer sexually assaulted by protesters in Murrupula
The reports of the results of the demonstration that took place last Thursday night (30) in the district of Murrupula, Nampula province, that are reaching us are heaven-sent. After the looting and destruction of public and private property that we reported on, reports are now coming in that the demonstrators chased off officers from the Police of the Republic of Mozambique...
Police disperse religious march with tear gas
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) called off a march by the Islamic community on Samora Machel Avenue in Maputo city. In images we have seen, it can be heard that the police first fired into the air and then at the group of people who were only carrying placards. In...