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Mozambique: Terrorist Commanders Killed | |
2021-02-10 | |
[AllAfrica] The Mozambican defence and security forces have killed six ringleaders of the islamist turbans operating in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, according to a report in "Noticias de Defesa", an unofficial website that supports the Mozambican forces.
The "Noticias de Defesa" source says the turbans are running short of supplies, and some of their main bases have been dismantled. As a result members of the terrorist groups are now deserting. Three of the young terrorist recruits have abandoned the Cabo Delgado bush and plan to apply for the amnesty promised by President Filipe Nyusi to those who voluntarily leave the terrorist ranks. The three were apparently recruited in the neighbouring province of Nampula, and efforts are being made to return them safely to their home district of Memba. Police sources said that recruits have been attracted to the terrorist cause, not because of any religious or ideological conviction, but because they have been promised large sums of money. These reports are in line with claims made in late January that the jihadists are running out of food. A man who beat feet from a terrorist camp in Manilha village, in Mocimboa da Praia district, told the independent newssheet "Carta de Mocambique" that "there are no conditions for survival" in the islamist bases. There is no more food, he said, and the turbans can no longer steal food from villagers, because they have all fled from the area. This survivor claimed there had been a meeting in January between the local jihadists, and a Tanzanian citizen, apparently the commander of the group. The Tanzanian said they could no longer carry out armed attacks, because there was no money. He advised the Mozambicans to return to their places of origins. The Mozambicans protested that this was impossible - they feared for their lives, if they were to show their faces in their home villages. Related: Mozambi: 2021-02-04 Mozambique: Terrorist Hostages Released Mozambi: 2020-12-26 ISIS Continues to Grow in Africa Mozambi: 2020-11-14 New York Times reports Israeli agents shot Al Qaeda’s No. 2 leader on the streets of Tehran Related: Cabo Delgado: 2021-02-04 Mozambique: Terrorist Hostages Released Cabo Delgado: 2020-11-10 ISIS fanatics ‘behead 50 men and boys on Mozambique football pitch before chopping them up and kidnapping every woman' Cabo Delgado: 2020-11-06 Mozambique: Displaced People Drown Off Cabo Delgado Coast | |
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