Pemba, Mozambique, Sept. 24, 2025 (Lusa) - People from the main town in the district of Nangade, in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, reported on Wednesday an attack in the town by alleged terrorists that led to the death of a woman and the looting of a market stall.
According to the sources, the attack in that town, around 400 kilometres from the city of Pemba, the capital of that northern Mozambican province, took place at around 23:00 local time (22:00 in Lisbon) on Tuesday, after the group entered the area, shooting.
"They did enter, on the outskirts of the town, and killed a woman who was found a few metres from the police station," reported a local source from Nangade.
As well as killing the woman, the alleged rebels also looted a food stall, the source added, without giving any more information about other victims of the attack, but confirming that there was an exchange of fire between the alleged terrorists and the military.
"There was a lot of shooting, not least because some people slept in the bush," said another source from Nangade, reporting that people had fled.
The attack took place near the position of military personnel from the Mozambican Defence and Security Forces, as well as from Rwanda and Tanzania, who are supporting the fight against terrorist groups that have been carrying out attacks in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado since 2017.
At the end of July, attacks by terrorist groups in the south of Cabo Delgado province had already caused more than 57,000 displaced people in Chiúre district, according to previous official figures.
Cabo Delgado province has seen an upsurge in attacks by rebel groups since July, targeting the districts of Chiúre, Muidumbe, Quissanga, Ancuabe, Meluco and most recently Mocímboa da Praia, with several deaths reported.
In 2024 alone, at least 349 people died in attacks in northern Mozambique, most of them claimed by the extremist group Islamic State, an increase of 36% on the previous year, according to a study released by the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies (ACSS), an academic institution of the US government's Department of Defence.
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