Now on Bbc News in march this year islamist militants attacked the busy town of palma in the northern tip of mozambique. Our world tells the extraordinary stories of those caught up in the attack. A warning this programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting for months, a threat had been looming over northern mozambique. Chuckles. And on the 24th of march, 2021, the threat became real. Gunfire. Go, Go, Go, Go, Go i saw people running and people shooting, mothers dropping their children, people falling. This is the story of the people who became trapped at the centre of mozambiques biggest Jihadist Attack yet. Man Allahu Abkar. All Allahu Abkar im catherine byaruhanga. Ive travelled to hear the extraordinary accounts of those who survived. This was a particular form of brutality that ive never seen anywhere and ive been in a lot of wars. And to find out if these shores are becoming the new frontline and the spread of the islamic state group. In the morning, greg always gave me a morning call. At home in south africa, Mum Meryl kept in daily contact with her two sons and their dad, who were working in mozambique. I think they all just loved the life in mozambique Beautiful People and beautiful beaches. Love you, bro. Love you, my man. That morning, her Sons Wesley and adrian were at the Building Site with their dad, greg. We build camps all over africa. Were contractors. Wed been working in mozambique for a long time, so we had a big mozambican workforce. Johji was also in parma that day. Like many mozambicans, he had come to the town looking for work. Located in northern mozambique, parma was booming because of a 20 Billion Gas Project being built by french energy giant total. Works had been suspended amid concerns it could be the target of islamist militants. But that very morning, total announced it was starting up again, after the after the Government promised extra security in the area. In the fields nearby, local residents were working their small farms. Muanassa was among them, with her large family, including granddaughter ancha. That morning, greg sent me two pictures of The Clouds over parma that day and The Clouds over pemba. I thought that looks a bit ominous. We were all working normally and one of our guys Got a Phone Call that stuff was happening and could not say much but that they are attacking parma. Wesley began to film on his phone. Gunfire. Once it started, itjust didnt stop. Go, Go, Go, Go, Go Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go, Go 19 year old ancha was heavily pregnant. Ancha and her grandmother escaped to hide in the bush with thousands of others. Wesley, his Dad And Brother were also hunting safety. Get in toot, too we turned around and we stopped at the amarula hotel. And a whole lot of people just started streaming in. The amarula was known as a local haunt for white foreign workers. With Security Gates and a helipad, people flocked here in search of safety. As the attackers swept through town, they targeted key sites like banks, Food Shops and phone masts. I tried to get hold of all of them on their cellphones, nobody was answering, and i started to panic. Eventually at about nine oclock that night, greg phoned me from a Satellite Phone and said that were safe, theyre in the amarula, theyre Going to get evacuated. They were underfire from more than 100 militants, known locally as al shabaab, who are affiliated with isis. All cheer. An islamist insurgency had been spreading across the impoverished Cabo Delgado Region since 2017. What began with a small, scattered hits had grown into bigger, more organised and brutal assaults affecting many districts. This is the first major attack impacting foreign workers. Gunfire. Around 200 workers and locals had now sought refuge at the amarula. We were inside the hotel, Upstairs At where the restaurant and the bar is. Gunfire. We started getting shot at. They were shooting at us over the wall, so we all were lying on the floor and just keeping our heads down. Gunfire. We did not have one military guy there. We had no weapons. It wasjust us, with our hands, sitting there. So now you whats Going through your head . 0k, these people are coming, and what . Am i Going to be killed like an animal . Is my head Going to be Cut Off . Are my arms and body Going to be cut in pieces . As they advanced towards the hotel, the insurgents had been inflicting their Trademark Act of violence, beheadings. Outside, the military were struggling to contain them. 400km away, dag, a controversial private Security Firm working for the mozambican police, was alerted to the attacks. Leading the operation was seasoned former colonel lionel dyck. The initial thing from the sky, there were bodies lying next to trucks. Theyd decapitated some truck drivers. There were a lot of bodies lying around. 0n the ground, people trapped in by the attackers tried to signal to the helicopters. People came running out, waving something. You cant leave people like that alone. Gunfire. Whenever dag had choppers above us, that was a big sense of relief. Gunfire. We thought 0k, we are Going to get rescued. They were evacuating people. And the chopper Got shot twice. But even after the chopper had been shot, they still came back. Dag rescued 20 people from the amarula, but their small helicopters could only take a few passengers at a time. Those trapped on the ground believed more help was coming. So we wait, we wait, we wait, we wait. But help never came. And dag, Struggling Forfuel supplies, say they had to leave. We were just left there no one sent help, no one did nothing. We had two way radios. We managed to speak to the total Security Control Room in afungi. You know what total Security Control Rooms last words were to us . I am receiving 80 plus Phone Calls per day from those guys families. I cant do nothing. Its time they accept it. It is what it is. There is nothing we can do for them. Total� s Control Room was just ten kilometres away, at the Gas Project. The Government had just agreed to provide a 25 Kilometre Security Zone around the site. This should have included palma. But while the town was under siege, the Gas Project itself was never breached. Dag claimed total refused to share fuel, and the military refused to share larger helicopters, hampering their rescue missions. Those inside the amarula had found a weapon and hatched a plan. So, we knew that by friday night, we wouldnt survive and they were Going to get in. If they get in, we would be slaughtered. Weve Got the vehicles there. If the choppers arent Going to be able to evacuate us, then we need to try and make a run for it. We took a list of all of the people, their names, and worked out how many vehicles we needed. And we started to load. We put all the women and children in armoured vehicles. And the rest of us were all in unarmoured vehicles. I have a wife and three children. That was my motivation. To get in a car and to try to drive and drive to a place, that we do not know if the road is open. Will we get killed or not . But if we stay here, we will die. My brother had said to us at that stage that he thinks this is a bad idea. Weve Got a weapon, maybe we should stay. And, um, isaid, letsjust Go. In a forest on the edge of town, Ancha And Herfamily were also planning an escape. Before they left, muanassa went back to check on their home. They, and thousands of others, headed for the shore to flee by boat. With little food or water, the 400 Kilometre Journey was a huge risk. Ancha went into labour in the middle of the sea. Back at the amarula, the convoy was preparing to leave. Low on fuel and losing daylight, dag says they were unable to give the cars air cover. We just went as fast as we could. About two or three kilometres out on that road to tanzania, we Got hit by the first ambush. The guy that was driving, they shot his glasses off his head. Thats how close the bullet was to killing him. Probably about, uh, five kilometres further, we Got hit by another ambush. My brother, he Got hit, just was shouting, im hit. I cant drive. Somebody else needs to take over. And i was just shouting to him, i love you. We pushed him to the back. Um, where my dad was holding him and holding his wounds to stop the blood. And i started to drive and i was just shouting back, use another pack. Put it in the put it in the wound. Just before the quarry was were all the Dump Trucks that had been ambushed three days before. They had placed bodies across the road. So we had to drive over the bodies to carry on Going. By Saturday Morning we hadnt heard anything. And, uh. My manager phoned me with the news. He started off with saying, wes and greg are safe, but adrian didnt make it. Sniffles. So, i said Goodbye to him, and thank you for saving all of our lives. We then left him in the car and we ran into the bush. And then we hid in that bush and thick undergrowth for two days. Four days after the attacks began, wesley and greg were finally rescued by lionel� s pilots. They landed a small plane next to my Brother And Ijust held his hand the whole flight back. 17 vehicles left the amarula. Its estimated six didnt make it. Johji and tobias made it to the shore and were evacuated by boat. Johji is now back home, with no work. He says he would Go back to palma if morejobs come up. But the town is almost deserted, and total has suspended this project indefinitely. Many believe the company has questions to answer about what happened. My personal opinion is, total do not value Human Life. I do not think they should have the right to operate in mozambique. Because as far as i know, i grew up, a Human Life is worth more than anything. Worth more than anything. Just imagine if i died on that road, do you think total would have taken care of my family . Would they provide for my children . If they are not doing that, why should they have the right to take any mineral from this country . But there are also serious questions for the Government about whether a lack of Military Strategy cost many citizens their lives. Mozambique has now agreed to accept troops from its allies in southern africa, before the jihadism spreads. Why was nothing done beforehand . This is Going to come to an end, and itsjust creeping further and further down the coast. Before you know it, were Going to see it right here on our doorstep. The mozambique military did not provide a response to the bbc. Total told the bbc that. Ancha and herfamily survived the crossing and reached the port of pemba. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl. Her husband is still missing. Now, they are just two of thousands stuck in temporary camps. While the foreign contractors may have Gone home, for many mozambiqueans, this crisis is their everyday reality. Nearly 3,000 people are thought to have been killed and 700,000 displaced by insurgent attacks in mozambique since 2017. Ancha named her baby after the boat that rescued them � esperanza it name means hope. Hello. With low Pressure Close by there is a chance of getting some Rain Wherejune was much drier than average but yet again on saturday, Northern Scotland stayed mainly dry and here there was the best of the uks sunshine, whereas elsewhere plenty of cloud and more rain where over the past few weeks it has been quite wet and there will be further downpours running into southern areas as we start sunday. There is the area of low pressure and the low pressure is sticking around, getting a further boost from a wet and windy Weather System arriving from the south on Monday Night as we will see in a moment. But for part two of the weekend, we are dodging the downpours, initially across southern areas and developing more widely as the day Goes on. There will be some heavy thunderstorms in places. As ever, some will avoid them and stay dry. If you catch one, there is a chance of flooding. Hail, lightning are further hazards, so bear that in mind if you have travel plans. Highs into the high teens and 20s, still feeling rather humid out there. With light winds, some of these is downpours will stick around for a period of time. Some will rumble on as we Go into sunday evening. That said, there will be some fairly warm, sunny spells around some of these downpours. Low pressure is still anchored to the west of us Going into monday, but here is a system forming to the South West which is Going to make quite an impact overnight and into tuesday. But first up on monday, still an area of cloud, showers, some potentially thundery downpours affecting scotland. Elsewhere it is a drier looking Day Bar a few showers and Here Comes The Rain from the next developing area of low pressure bearing down on the South West to end the day. Sweeping another spell of Heavy Rain and strengthening winds with a risk of gales places on the southern plank of that system across southern parts as we Go into tuesday. Low pressure right across us on tuesday. It may well stall an area of rain across parts of northern england, perhaps into wales. May not be exactly in this position, so we will have to keep a close eye on that. May Well Pivot towards parts of eastern scotland, so we will keep an eye on that too. Elsewhere there will be showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery. May also see a bit of sunshine. Worth pointing out the temperatures though, they are below average for the time of year. Many of us just in the teens. It will be a breezy picture Going into wednesday as well around that area of low pressure which is by that Stage Close to Scotland And Clearing northwards. A flow of air coming at us from the atlantic. Some sunny spells, but clearly this rash of showers indicating that we will be dodging the downpours again and for the most part temperatures are at but more likely to be below average for the time of year. High pressure trying to ridge in towards us during thursday and indeed for that matter on friday, but it stays fairly unsettled and although there will not be areas of widespread rain, there will still be the chance of picking up showers, perhaps a heavy one too. But certainly by friday, they become a little less widespread. It may just start to feel a little warmer because you get to see a bit more in the way of sunshine. But there is the prospect for further interruptions as we Go through another week of wimbledon, with showers or indeed some spells of rain before it turns quieter later in the week. And then just looking ahead to the next weekend, High Pressure may be close towards the south east. Low pressure advancing again from the atlantic. More favouring i think northern and western parts of the uk with any rain out of that. So although perhaps not as Going to be as widespread wet over the weekend and the start of the week ahead, still the chance of seeing some wet weather continuing even into next weekend. We will keep you updated. Jair this is Bbc News. The headlines. 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