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Mozambique: Police Gun Down Two Suspected Armed Robbers
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Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
9 May 2008
Posted to the web 9 May 2008
Maputo
The Mozambican police gunned down two suspected armed robbers, one of them identified simply as "Abdul", on Thursday morning, when they were trying to break into a home in Emilia Dausse Avenue in central Maputo.
Eye witnesses, cited in Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias", told reporters that the two suspects were killed by the police while trying to escape.
Security guards in the surrounding area said that the suspects had already immobilized the guard of the house that they were trrying to burgle, and had entered the residence.
Maputo police spokesperson Arnaldo Chefo had a rather different story, and claimed that the two men were gunned down at about 7:30 am during a shoot out with the police. He added that the police tried to save their lives, by taking them to the nearby Maputo Central Hospital, but it was too late.
He explained that when the police appeared on the scene, one of the suspects pulled out a pistol, and started shooting at them. The men were also found to be in possession of had a pair of handcuffs.
The two were said to have used a car, that was later found to have been stolen at gunpoint from a university teacher the previous day.
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The police could not confirm whether or not the two had any criminal record, but promised to reveal this later, as soon it is confirmed.
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