Mozambique: 30 Years for Policemen Turned Killers

Maputo — The Nampula Provincial Court in northern Mozambique on Thursday sentenced two members of the Rapid Intervention Unit (UIR - the Mozambican Riot Police) for murdering a member of the Nampula Municipal Police on 29 July last year.

The judge, Cesar Fernando, cited by the independent television station STV, said it was certain that the shots fired by the UIR members were the cause of death. The victim's son tried to save his life, by driving him to Nampula Central Hospital, but he died at the entrance to the hospital.

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