{"id":10306,"date":"2021-12-08T16:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=10306"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:04:46","slug":"mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique: Local forces kill four alleged insurgents \u2013 witnesses | Lusa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Local security forces in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, have shot dead four people, presumed to be rebels, after a shootout that lasted for five hours, according to testimonies from residents.<\/p>\n<p>The clash took place at dawn on Monday in the Nko\u00e9 area, 30 kilometres from the village of Nova Zambezia, Macomia district, on National Road 380.<\/p>\n<p>This is the area where unknown persons on Friday night burned down 15 dwellings built with local materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday there was an exchange of fire and we are no longer afraid,\u201d one local source said, adding: \u201cFour terrorists have died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to residents, four AK-47 type firearms were recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>One of those killed was a young man from the village of Nova Zambezia, who residents say was a spy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe killed him because we found out he was being used as a scout, and had killed many people in the bush,\u201d one of the sources added.<\/p>\n<p>Cabo Delgado province is rich in natural gas, but has been terrorised since October, 2017, by armed rebels, with some attacks being claimed by the extremist \u2018Islamic State\u2019 group.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has cost more than 3,100 lives, according to the ACLED conflict registration project, and left more than 817,000 residents displaced, according to Mozambican authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Since July, an offensive by government troops with support from Rwanda, later joined by a Southern African Development Community (SADC) force, has restored security, recovering several areas from rebel hands, including the town of Mocimboa da Praia, which had been occupied since August, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/SalaDaPaz\/posts\/1109340249807669\"><b>Facebook Post click here<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Local security forces in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, have shot dead four people, presumed to be rebels, after a shootout that lasted for five hours, according to testimonies from residents. The clash took place at dawn on Monday in the Nko\u00e9 area, 30 kilometres from the village of Nova Zambezia, Macomia district, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-10306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mozambique: Local forces kill four alleged insurgents \u2013 witnesses | Lusa - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Local security forces in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, have shot dead four people, presumed to be rebels, after a shoo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mozambique: Local forces kill four alleged insurgents \u2013 witnesses | Lusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Local security forces in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, have shot dead four people, presumed to be rebels, after a shoo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-08T16:35:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/12\/img-61b0d786acfde.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mozambique: Local forces kill four alleged insurgents \u2013 witnesses | Lusa\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-08T16:35:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2021\/12\/img-61b0d786acfde.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-local-forces-kill-four-alleged-insurgents-witnesses-lusa\",\"name\":\"Mozambique: Local forces kill four alleged insurgents \u2013 witnesses | Lusa - 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