Islamists kill 12 in Mozambique

Maputo– Twelve people have been killed in a suspected Islamist attack in northern Mozambique, with thousands of villagers fleeing the area into neighbouring Tanzania, police sources said yesterday.

“There was an attack in Nangane district just a few kilometres from Tanzania, where there are no security patrols. The attackers killed 12 people, mostly women and children,” a police source in Cabo Delgado province, who asked not to be named, said. –