Mozambican authorities shot down six members of the armed groups that have been carrying out attacks in Cabo Delgado and identified a mass grave with bodies of insurgents in Mocímboa da Praia, a source from the Ministry of Defense told Lusa today.
The six individuals were reportedly shot down along National Highway 380 on Sunday during patrol operations by the Defense and Security Forces in Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique.
At the time, according to a source from the Ministry of Defense, the Defense and Security Forces found a mass grave in the region with an undisclosed number of bodies and suspected to be insurgents killed by government forces in March, when the groups invaded Mocímboa da praia.
During the operation, weapons, ammunition and medicines were recovered in unspecified quantities, the source said.
The province of Cabo Delgado, where Africa’s largest private investment for natural gas exploration is advancing, has been under attack since October 2017 by insurgents, classified since the beginning of the year by Mozambican and international authorities as a terrorist threat.
In two and a half years of conflict in that northern Mozambican province, it is estimated that at least 600 people have already died and that more than 200,000 have already been affected, being forced to seek refuge in safer places.
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