Mozambique: Terrorists Demand Ransom After Kidnapping Loggers in Quissanga
[AIM] Maputo, 10 (AIM) - A group of islamist terrorists raided over the last week Namaluco village, in Bilibiza Administrative Post, Quissanga district, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, forcing the loggers to halt operations.
A group of Islamist terrorists attacked the Namaluco village in the Quissanga district of northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province last week, forcing loggers to cease their operations. According to local news outlet Carta de Moçambique, the terrorists had just returned from the Mucojo administrative post in the Macomia district.
Upon arriving in Namaluco, the loggers were stripped of their possessions and equipment and compelled to inform their employer, believed to be a Chinese national, to pay a ransom. The victims were held captive by the terrorists for several hours, but their employer refused to comply with the demands, despite threats of violence against the workers.
When the ransom was not paid, the terrorists set fire to some of the loggers' equipment, including a tractor, and forced the workers to abandon the area. According to Quissanga Administrator Sidônio José, Namaluco village has recently been utilized by terrorists for their movements to Mucojo. Local residents have called upon the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) to take all necessary measures to eradicate terrorism.
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