RE: Not sure6 Apr 2021 19:26
The attack bore all the hallmarks of the Islamist insurgents that have terrorised Mozambique’s far northern Cabo Delgado region for the past three years. Gunmen converged on a refugee-filled town. They waited, cutting off access by road. Then, at about 4pm on March 24, they opened fire.
More than a hundred insurgents laid waste to the coastal town of Palma, destroying civic buildings, robbing and setting fire to at least one bank and killing dozens of people, according to Mozambican officials, security consultants and a report by the African Union seen by the Financial Times. Thousands fled the violence. But analysts said the attack on Palma was an inflection point in what has until now been a widely ignored African war. The town is about 15km from a multibillion-dollar natural gas investment and, after hundreds of staff had to be evacuated to safety, its future is under threat.
Stick to the facts Saga.