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Mozambique’s military has condemned the apparent execution of a naked woman by men in military uniforms, as seen in video footage in which she was beaten with a stick before being shot in the back while trying to flee.
In the unverified images, which circulated Monday, the group mocks the woman, referring to her as ‘Al-Shabaab,’ a local term for an Islamist insurgent group that has been operating in the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado since 2017, with no known link to the Somali group of the same name.
One hits her on the head and body with a stick before others open fire on her, being heard in the video saying “kill her on the side of the road”.
In a statement released late Monday, the military, involved in a battle with insurgents in the province, which also hosts highly successful gas projects being developed by large oil companies such as Total, said it considered the images shocking and gruesome, and “above all reprehensible”. .
“The FDS (Defense and Security Forces) reiterate that they do not agree with any act of barbarism that supports the violation of human rights,” he said, requesting an investigation into the authenticity of the video.
