Mozambique is experiencing deadly post-election violence after the ruling Frelimo party's victory was confirmed by the highest court. The opposition claims the election was rigged, leading to deadly clashes between protesters and police.
At least 21 people, including two police officers, have been killed in Mozambique in the last 24 hours, the government said, in post- election violence that erupted after the ruling party was controversially confirmed winners in recent elections. The Portuguese-speaking African country’s highest court had confirmed on Monday that the Frelimo party, in power since 1975, won the October 9 presidential election that had already triggered weeks of unrest.
A total of “236 acts of serious violence were reported” across the country, leaving at least 25 people wounded including 13 police officers, Interior Minister Pascoal Ronda told a press conference late Tuesday.“Groups of armed men using bladed weapons and firearms have carried out attacks against police stations, penitentiary establishments, and other infrastructure,” Ronda said.The largely deserted capital Maputo was earlier hit by skirmishes between protesters and police, AFP reporters said. Police in armoured vehicles patrolled the centre of the city, where hundreds of protesters in small, scattered groups threw objects and started fires.Makeshift roadblocks on major thoroughfares were set alight on Monday evening, covering the city with thick smoke, soon after the court confirmed the victory of Frelimo’s presidential candidate Daniel Chapo. Chapo’s main challenger, exiled opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, has claimed the election was rigged, sparking fears of violence between rival party supporters. Shops, banks, supermarkets, petrol stations and public buildings meanwhile were ransacked, with their windows smashed and contents looted. Some were set fire and reduced to smouldering rubble
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