While Mozambicans were once again called upon to show their support for the unsuccessful presidential candidate, an armored security force vehicle ran over a demonstrator in Maputo, causing a real conflagration.
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The video is making the rounds on social networks. We see an armored vehicle of the Mozambican army driving at full speed on Avenue Eduardo Mondlane. In a real crush, the crowd moves aside to avoid him. But, a young woman, placed behind a barricade, does not have time to escape. She is hit head-on by the armored vehicle which continues on its way.
These facts were confirmed by journalists from the Lusa agency, present on site, specifies our regional correspondent, Gaëlle Laleix. Real chaos then ensues. The angry crowd attacks the police. The police responded to stone throwing with tear gas. Around 11 a.m., live ammunition was heard in the streets of the capital. Tension peaked at the end of the morning when demonstrators attempted to set fire to an armored vehicle of the rapid intervention unit, with agents inside.
The armed forces confirmed in a statement that one of their vehicles accidentally hit a woman. The vehicle was on a mission to clear roads blocked by demonstrations, according to them. A source at Maputo central hospital says the young woman who was knocked down is now out of danger.
In the northern town of Nampula, police opened fire and killed two protesters in a gathering of hundreds of people who had erected barricades with them and set tires on fire, a police officer told AFP. civil society activist. The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway and Switzerland condemned “ the escalation of violence against civilians “, including ” the incident » from Maputo. “ We call on the government of Mozambique… to investigate this incident and other reports of disproportionate use of force, ensuring that those responsible are held accountable in accordance with the law “, declared these countries in a press release.