Mozambique Now Being Hit By Suspected Islamist Attacks

File picture shows Mozambique soldier looking at a burned village structure in the north of the country where over the past year, hardline Islamists have been active

AFP: 12 dead in suspected Mozambique Islamist attack

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 Sunday.

Early Friday, "there was an attack in Nangane district, 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, told AFP.

The attack took place in the village of Chicuaia Velha, just a few kilometres (miles) from Tanzania, forcing several thousand people to cross the border to seek safety, police said.

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WNU Editor: Mozambique has had its share of civil war and conflict. But this is new.