Mozambique: Policeman Who Shot Taxi Driver Faces Murder Charge

Maputo — The policeman who shot a citizen dead in a market in the central Mozambican city of Beira on Sunday is facing a charge of first degree murder, according to a spokesperson for the Sofala Provincial Police Command, cited by the independent television station STV.

The problem arose when a member of the armed forces (FADM), who was in plain clothes, spotted two uniformed policemen drinking in an informal bar in the Matacuane market. According to a report on the incident in Monday's issue of the independent newssheet “Mediafax”, the off-duty soldier asked the two policemen to stop drinking, pointing out that the their behaviour was damaging the image of the entire defence and security apparatus,

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