Africa-Press – Angola. The remains of General Abreu Muhengo Ukuatchitembo “Kamorteiro”, who died early Monday morning at the Military Hospital due to illness, will be buried today at the Alto das Cruzes cemetery, in Luanda, a family source told this Thursday. .
Until the date of his death, General Kamorteiro was Chief of the Deputy General Staff for the Operational Development Area of the Angolan Armed Forces.
The officer was one of the co-signatories of the Peace Accords for Angola, signed on April 4, 2002 between the Angolan Government and UNITA, alongside General Armando da Cruz Neto, then Chief of Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces. (FAA). Born in 1958, in the province of Bié, he held, among others, the position of top official in the high command of the Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FALA), then the military arm of UNITA.
After signing the Complementary Memorandum of Understanding to the Lusaka Protocol, in Luanda, already included in the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA), he dedicated himself to finishing his studies, having done a degree in History, and, later, a Master’s in History of Angola, at the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences (ISCED).
Autopsy points to myocardial infarction
The result of the autopsy carried out on the body of General Abreu Muhengo Ukwachitembo “Karmorteiro” points out that he died of a myocardial infarction, JA learned yesterday.
According to information quoted by TPA Notícias, the autopsy on the body of “Kamorteiro” involved the participation of two forensic doctors from the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC), one from the Military Hospital, two appointed by the family, from the Director of the Military Judiciary Police and the Deputy Military Prosecutor.
According to the REDE D’OR website, myocardial infarction, or heart attack, is a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle (called the myocardium).
“When the myocardium ceases to be properly irrigated by blood, the tissue begins to die little by little, suffering necrosis, and stops working correctly, causing a series of alterations in the movement of the heart that can lead the patient to cardiac arrest” , clarifies.
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