The Mozambican Defence Ministry
on Tuesday confirmed the presence of groups of gunmen of the former rebel
movement Renamo in Homoine district, in the southern province of Inhambane.
This contradicts the public
position taken on Monday by the spokesperson of the Inhambane provincial police
command, Delcir Marquel, who claimed there was no Renamo presence in Homoine,
just groups of cattle thieves.
At a Maputo press conference, the
National Director of Defence Policy in the Defence Ministry, Col Cristovao
Chume said not only had Renamo gunmen entered Homoine, but some of them have
been arrested.
“Renamo has moved men into
Inhambane, particularly into Homoine, and has put psychological pressure on
people living there”, said Chume.
This had led to frightened people
abandoning their homes and their property, because of the traumas of the past
“notably the massacres carried out by Renamo during the war of
destabilisation”.
Original article: http://allafrica.com/stories/201401071313.html
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