Mozambique: 35 Dead in Islamist Fighting in Coastal Cabo Delgado

Five people were killed last night in an attack on Namaluco, Maomia district, late last night (6 June). No more details are available. (O Pais online 7 June)

Seven people were killed and 164 houses and five vehicles burned late Monday night (4 June) in Naunde village, Macomia district, just 130 km north of Pemba on the coast road. Six of the dead were killed with machetes and one was shot. They group also attacked the local mosque, burning the Koran and prayer mats. Military forces arrived in an hour, but it was a rapid and organised attack, and the group had left before the military arrived. (O Pais 6 June) On Monday five people were decapitated in an attack on nearby Rueia village. (Zitamar, @Verdade 6 June) Ten people were beheaded Sunday 27 May in two villages in Palma district, further north, 25 de Junho and Monjane. All the attacks are reported to be by self-proclaimed Islamist militants.

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