Two killed in assault on a Portuguese businessman’s farm in Mozambique

AThe victims, who lost their lives at the scene, were reportedly tied up and murdered inside the farm by a group of six men, who after tried to break down the front door of the house, Daniel said Macuácua, spokesman for the Police of the Republic of Mozambique in Sofala.

“They tried to break into the main house, destroying doors and windows. At that moment, the businessman asked what they wanted and they replied money. And from the window he shot a total of 40 thousand. meticais [462 euros] and they took the amount and left “, explained the spokesman for the Mozambican police.

Inside the residence, at the time of the robbery, the Portuguese businessman was with his wife and daughter, he added.

In addition to the two victims, the group, armed with objects blunt and a gun, injured two other workers, who are hospitalized, according to the company spokesman.

“We got activated our operational lines and efforts are in place on the ground to neutralize the group, in a work that also involves the Criminal Investigation Service (Sernic) “, He added.

This case comes at a time when Mozambique faces a wave of kidnappings, the victims of which are businessmen or their families.

Since the beginning of 2020, the Mozambican authorities have recorded a total of 10 kidnappings.

Monday the daughter of a Portuguese couple who own the restaurant Burako da Velha, in the city of Matola, outside the capital, he was kidnapped by an unknown group on the street of his residence, moments after leaving the house.

In October, a group of businessmen from the city of Beira paralyzed theirs for three days activities in protest against the wave of kidnappings in the country.

A CTA – The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique, the largest employers’ association in the country, has also called for a tough fight against this type of crime on several occasions and even the president of Mozambique, Filipe Eyebrows, has already called for further measures.

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