The number of people who have died as a result of clashes between guards and inmates after escaping from two prisons in Maputo has risen to 35, the National Prison Service of Mozambique (SERNAP) announced.
According to figures from the Mozambican authorities sent to Lusa, the number of inmates recaptured out of a total of 1,534 who escaped from prisons in the Mozambican capital at the end of 2024 has also risen to 332. Mozambique has been going through a post-election crisis since October, with protests and stoppages that have culminated in violent clashes between police and demonstrators rejecting the results of the October 9 elections, with almost 300 people killed and close to 600 shot dead, according to civil society organisations monitoring the process.
[Translation of article from LUSA]
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