{"id":235247,"date":"2024-10-19T15:21:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T15:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/gunmen-kill-two-mozambique-opposition-officials-before-election-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T15:21:21","slug":"gunmen-kill-two-mozambique-opposition-officials-before-election-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/19\/gunmen-kill-two-mozambique-opposition-officials-before-election-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition officials before election protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/618\/61834139.295.jpg\" alt=\"A motorcyclist with flags of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party arrives at a rally in B\" title=\"A motorcyclist with flags of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party arrives at a rally in B\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>A motorcyclist with flags of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party arrives at a rally in B<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Gunmen in Mozambique have killed a leading opposition politician\u2019s lawyer and another opposition official, according to their party, before protests against a disputed election result.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers chased the car of Podemos party\u2019s lawyer Elvino Dias and party representative Paulo Guambe and fatally shot them late on Friday night in the capital Maputo, the party said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Videos on social media showed a BMW SUV in the middle of the road with numerous bullet holes in the bodywork. Some of the videos showed what appeared to be the bodies of two men, one with blood on his chest, in the front seats. The other body was slumped over.<\/p>\n<p>The killings came with tensions already high in the southern African country as it waits for the results of an October 9 election that has drawn more allegations of vote-rigging and clamping down on dissent against the 49-year rule of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) party.<\/p>\n<p>Podemos has rejected provisional results showing a win for Frelimo and called for a nationwide strike on Monday. Although Venancio Mondlane ran for president as an independent, he was supported by Podemos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were brutally assassinated [in a] cold-blooded murder,\u201d Adriano Nuvunga, director of Mozambique\u2019s Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), told the Reuters news agency by telephone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indication [is] that around 10 to 15 bullets were shot, and they died instantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch also issued a statement confirming the attack.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest election tally, Frelimo is leading in all 11 provinces and its candidate Daniel Chapo is widely expected to win the election. Chapo is expected to be announced as successor to President Filipe Nyusi, who has served a maximum of two terms.<\/p>\n<p>Podemos and other opposition parties have accused Frelimo of electoral fraud. Western observers have also cast doubt on the polls, citing reports of vote-buying, intimidation, and inflated voter rolls in Frelimo strongholds.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique has struggled with these issues since Frelimo first introduced democracy in 1994 after two decades in power. The election\u2019s final results are expected on October 24, but there are fears Monday\u2019s protest could be violent.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique\u2019s security forces have opened fire on political protesters in the past, including after last year\u2019s local elections, according to rights groups.<\/p>\n<p>Nuvunga, the NGO director, wrote on social media that the killing of Dias was a \u201cpolitical assassination\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcyclist with flags of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) party arrives at a rally in B Gunmen in Mozambique have killed a leading opposition politician\u2019s lawyer and another opposition official, according to their party, before protests against a disputed election result. 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