Maputo, 30 Mar (AIM) – Four people are missing in the Nambubussi neighborhood, Mocímboa da Praia district, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, and were believed to have been kidnapped by Islamic terrorists,

According to local sources, cited by the independent newspaper “Carta de Moçambique”, the victims were allegedly kidnapped while fishing in an area known as Naquiyelo, in the Administrative Post of Mbau, an area previously dominated by jihadists.

The disappearance of these four fishermen was reported to the Mozambican Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and their Rwandan allies. The boat used by the fishermen was discovered on Wednesday.

In the meeting with the FDS, the local population also pointed the finger at some military personnel “since State forces were involved in recent actions against civilian fishermen”.

According to the independent conflict recording project ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project), military clashes intensified in the Catupa forest, in the neighboring district of Macomia. The clashes involve Mozambican troops, probably with the help of Rwandan troops, who are trying to retake positions occupied by the insurgents last February.
(AIM)
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