Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition officials before election protests | Politics News | The Round Table Gunmen in Mozambique have killed a leading opposition politician’s lawyer and another opposition official, according to their party, before rallies against a rejected election result.
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“They were brutally assassinated [in a] cold-blooded murder,” Adriano Nuvunga, director of Mozambique’s Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), announced to the Reuters news agency by telephone.
“The indication [is] that around 10 to 15 bullets were shot, and they died instantly.”
Human Rights Watch also issued a statement corroborating the attack.
According to the last election tally, Frelimo is leading in all 11 provinces and its candidate Daniel Chapo is widely expected to sweep the election. Chapo is expected to be revealed as successor to President Filipe Nyusi, who has served a maximum of two terms.
Podemos and other opposition parties have implicated Frelimo of electoral fraud. Western observers have also cast doubt on the polls, citing says of vote-buying, intimidation, and inflated voter rolls in Frelimo strongholds.
Mozambique has struggled with these issues since Frelimo first introduced democracy in 1994 after two decades in power. The election’s final results are expected on October 24, but there are fears Monday’s demonstrate could be violent.
Mozambique’s security forces have opened fire on political protesters in the past, including after previous year’s local elections, according to rights groups.
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Published 10/19/2024