US EditionGunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests
- Gunmen chased and fatally shot two Mozambique opposition figures in their car, as reported by their party on Saturday.
- PODEMOS stated the killings are a sign of the lack of justice faced by all.
- Rights groups accused authorities of repressing dissent and using deadly force to disperse peaceful protests before the election.
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The opposition in Mozambique has been protesting against the government for weeks because of alleged electoral fraud. The police are increasingly reacting with violence. Two supporters of the popular presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane have now been murdered.
Mozambique: 2 opposition figures killed as firey protest grows over credibility of election results
The Mozambican civil society election observer group More Integrity said that Podemos party lawyer Elvino Dias and the opposition party representative Paulo Guambe were killed in an attack that happened in Bairro da Coop neighbourhood of the capital, Maputo
Elvino Dias was preparing an appeal alleging electoral fraud during the October 9 election, to be submitted as soon as possible to the country's highest court. He was killed at close range, along with a Podemos party official, Paulo Guambe, in the heart of Maputo.
Mozambique rocked by the killings of 2 prominent opposition figures soon after disputed election
Gunmen in two vehicles ambushed the lawyer for Mozambique’s leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official, shooting them dead in their SUV late at night on a main avenue in the capital, their party said Saturday. The brutal burst of violence rocked a country where tensions were already high amid a disputed election.
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