{"id":4888,"date":"2021-08-23T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T13:19:13","slug":"tete-violent-clashes-between-civilians-and-military-over-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/tete-violent-clashes-between-civilians-and-military-over-land","title":{"rendered":"Tete: Violent clashes between civilians and military over land"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A land dispute between the military and civilians has ended with shootings and attacks in the Chingodzi neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Tete, in Mozambique. Incident was to have been discussed this Thursday, but the police and the local authorities failed to turn up for the meeting.<\/p>\n

Local residents claim the right to several hectares of land next to the military police headquarters in the city of Tete, central Mozambique. They say they were born there, grew up and developed agricultural practices there, and inherited the land from their ancestors.<\/p>\n

Now they accuse the military of grabbing the land, claiming that it belongs to the barracks and that housing and other activities are prohibited. They even say that the same land is being sold to civilians and being distributed for the military themselves to build homes.<\/p>\n

Dozens of indignant people took to the streets on Tuesday (17 August) to claim their land before about 50 military police cracked down on the demonstration, beating people \u2013 including elderly women \u2013 and firing more than 100 real bullets to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want justice\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe want justice. We don\u2019t want to see these things anymore, so we\u2019re taking the case forward to solve the problem for us, because if we had just been like that, yesterday we could have died,\u201d one resident told DW.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were shootings here yesterday, there were around 45 soldiers who came here, all of them armed, found us here and started shooting no matter how, they started to beat us and then we were taken to the barracks, we arrived there in handcuffs and they beat us again,\u201d another protester reported, adding that now \u201che can\u2019t walk\u201d due to the violence he suffered.<\/p>\n

A meeting was scheduled for this Thursday morning (19 August) to bring together those who feel wronged, the military police and Tete municipal council, but the latter two failed to arrive for the meeting, without explanation.<\/p>\n

DW Africa tried to contact the city council\u2019s Office for Urbanisation, but it failed to make itself available for any clarification. We also tried, without success, to obtain explanations from the head of the residential unit, accused by the population of cooperating with the military in the sale of the land.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I can\u2019t say anything, I can\u2019t say anything now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But the victims contest this \u2018unavailability\u2019, demanding: \u201cHe as the boss is saying he can\u2019t speak now, will he speak when? Speak now, speak now!\u201d<\/p>\n

Will the case go to the Attorney General\u2019s Office?<\/b><\/p>\n

Lawyer Bento Salazar condemns the military\u2019s action, and had some advice to offer: \u201cI recommend that every citizen who feels aggrieved approaches the Attorney\u2019s Office and files a report, in a dispassionate, detailed manner, including the names and characteristics of every FADM member who participated in this criminal act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Chingodzi neighbourhood awaits a solution to its land dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. A land dispute between the military and civilians has ended with shootings and attacks in the Chingodzi neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Tete, in Mozambique. Incident was to have been discussed this Thursday, but the police and the local authorities failed to turn up for the meeting. 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