July 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Dozens of “jihadists” have died during an operation carried out in the main base of the insurgents in Macomia, in the north of the province of Cabo Delgado, in Mozambique, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Omar Saranga, has reported, as as the BBC has collected.
The Mozambican Army has also seized computer equipment and communication radios at the Catupa base, considered a strategic area for militants.
Government forces have also assured journalists that a young man who claimed to have worked as a security guard for “jihadists” has turned himself in to the agents.
“He is an example of the Mozambicans (who are with the rebels) that we appeal to whenever they surrender to our forces. As you can see, he has been mistreated. He has one of his arms amputated, this was done by one of the jihadists.” , Colonel Saranga has affirmed.
Since October 2017, the province of Cabo Delgado has been the scene of attacks by Islamist militiamen known as Al Shabaab, unrelated to the group of the same name that operates in Somalia and maintains ties with Al Qaeda. Since mid-2019 they have been mostly claimed by ISCA, which has intensified its actions since March 2020.
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