Thursday, December 26, 2024 - The death toll in Mozambique’s post-election riots has climbed to about 150.
A civil society organisation, Plataforma Decide, said of the number, at
least 121 people died since Monday.
Trouble began after the Constitutional Council confirmed on Monday that
Daniel Chapo, candidate of the Mozambique Liberation Front, FRELIMO, which has
been in power for 49 years, won the presidency with 65 percent of the votes.
The opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, who reportedly received 24
percent of the votes, rejected the result, saying it was manipulated.
Police chief, Bernardino Rafael, said on Wednesday that over 1,500
prisoners took advantage of the political unrest and bolted from a prison.
According to the police chief, 33 inmates were killed and 15 prison
injured in clashes with guards.
Mondlane, who has since fled Mozambique, had urged his supporters to
demonstrate against what he said was a rigged vote.
Over the weekend in a social media post, he said there could be a new
popular uprising if the result was not overturned.
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