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Over 8,000 Mozambique attack survivors find refuge: UN
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reached safety outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it
was besieged by jihadists, the UN said Wednesday, as thousands others
remained stranded.
and beheading residents as thousands fled into surrounding forest.
Dozens have been killed and many more are still missing in a coordinated
attack seen as the biggest escalation of an Islamist insurgency that has
battered Cabo Delgado province since 2017.
“Many more people remain displaced inside of Palma, including thousands who
have reportedly gathered near the Afungi complex, where the security
situation remains volatile,” the UN agency for humanitarian assistance OCHA
Daily Monitor
Thursday April 01 2021
People evacuated from the city of Palma arrive on an humanitarian flight at the airport in Pemba on March 31, 2021. PHOTO/ AFP
Summary
The fighting had already displaced nearly 700,000 people in the gas-rich province, more than 43,000 of which were staying in Palma before the attack.
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More than 8,100 people have reached safety outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it was besieged by jihadists, the UN said Wednesday, as thousands others remained stranded.
Armed militants raided the coastal town on March 24, ransacking buildings and beheading residents as thousands fled into surrounding forest.
Dozens have been killed and many more are still missing in a coordinated attack seen as the biggest escalation of an Islamist insurgency that has battered Cabo Delgado province since 2017.
Dozens of people have been killed and many more are
still missing following the coordinated attack.
The ongoing insurgency had already displaced nearly
700 000 people in the gas-rich province, before the latest escalation.
Pemba – More than 8 100 people have reached safety
outside the northern Mozambican town of Palma a week after it was besieged by
jihadists, the UN said on Wednesday, as thousands of others remained stranded.
Armed militants raided the coastal town on 24 March,
ransacking buildings and beheading residents as thousands fled into surrounding
forest.
Dozens have been killed and many more are still
missing in a coordinated attack seen as the biggest escalation of an Islamist
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