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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambican police on Wednesday announced the detention of four men suspected of setting fire to 14 houses in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, posing as terrorists to loot residents of the province facing an armed insurgency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were posing as terrorists to loot goods from the local residents,\u201d Mario Adolfo, a police spokesman, told journalists in Pemba, the provincial capital.<\/p>\n

The four men who were detained last week are suspected of having set fire to 12 homes in Montepuez and two others in Ancuabe following the latest wave of armed attacks in southern Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey took advantage of the fragility of the residents,\u201d the spokesman said, adding that the police had already made two other detentions related to the same type of crime.<\/p>\n

The police said 44 houses had been burnt down in recent months in the districts of Ancuabe, Metuge and Montepuez by individuals posing as terrorists in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

The province is rich in natural gas but has been terrorised since 2017 by armed rebels, with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.<\/p>\n

There are 784,000 internally displaced people due to the conflict, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and around 4,000 deaths, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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