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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Archbishop of Nampula argued this Tuesday that Mozambique needs to stop the \u201ckillings\u201d for \u201ctrue reconciliation\u201d, questioning the proportionality of the police reaction in the attack in which five members of a \u2018Naparamas\u2019 paramilitary group were killed by the authorities in tMutuali, Malema district, in he province.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us not kill each other (…). True reconciliation, in our opinion, will not be possible with killings, but rather with dialogue,\u201d Ina\u0301cio Saure said in an interview with Lusa in Nampula, northern Mozambique.<\/p>\n

The issue at hand is the death of five members of the Naparamas paramilitary group in Malema district on Thursday which, according to the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, was the result of an attack on a police position in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group arrived armed with spears, machetes, sledgehammers and other blunt instruments, as well as stones,\u201d police spokesperson Rosa Chau\u0301que told a press conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Citing data obtained locally, Archbishop Saure said that the five people were shot by an elite police unit, in an episode in which he said he had doubts about the proportionality of the police response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if the Naparamas really wanted to attack the police. But if that was the case, was the reaction really appropriate?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

According to the Archbishop, some of the victims\u2019 relatives took refuge in the parish that same day, fearing the actions of the police force.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had women who took refuge in the parish house and told us that they were afraid because their husbands had been killed and they were also afraid (…). There were people who were afraid and only returned to their homes the following day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

At a time when calls for reconciliation are multiplying after months of chaos and unrest resulting from the post-election protests, for Ina\u0301cio Saure, dialogue is essential.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to talk to people. Let\u2019s not continue killing each other, that\u2019s not how we\u2019re going to develop Mozambique,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

The Naparamas are Mozambican community paramilitaries that emerged during the civil war in the 1980s, combining traditional knowledge and mystical elements to fight their enemies.<\/p>\n

Historically, the Naparamas classify themselves as a self-defence force. Their members undergo initiation rites which they believe give them \u201csupernatural protection\u201d and make them immune, even to bullets.<\/p>\n

In February, four alleged members of the group were killed after clashes with the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) while they were trying to invade an administrative post in the province of Zambe\u0301zia, in the centre of the country, an official source said at the time.<\/p>\n

On January 2, alleged Naparama members beheaded a neighbourhood secretary in Morrumbala district, Zambe\u0301zia province, and placed the victim\u2019s head in a public square, a police source told Lusa.<\/p>\n

Also in Nampula province, the PRM shot seven members of the same group who were trying to invade an administrative post there, police authorities said on February 7, without confirming whether the seven were killed.<\/p>\n

On 12 February, the President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo, asked the new deputy commander-general of the PRM, Aquilasse Manda, to combat attacks attributed to the Naparamas paramilitary group, carried out in Zambe\u0301zia province, indicating that they were \u201cattempting to block\u201d transit routes vital for the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

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