IN Mozambique’s war-ridden town of Palma, 12 people assumed to be foreigners were found beheaded after a Daesh-claimed attack on the city, a local police commander told state TV station TVM. The news comes as Southern African leaders are set to meet in Mozambique’s capital Maputo on Thursday to discuss ways to respond to the extremist rebels.
The police commander, Pedro da Silva, told journalists visiting the town that he could not be sure of the nationalities of the 12 people, but he believed they were foreigners because they were white.
“They were tied up and beheaded here,” he said in TVM footage broadcast on Wednesday, as he pointed to spots of disturbed earth.
The TVM footage was taken outside Amarula hotel, where a large group, including foreigners and locals, were besieged by insurgents in the days following the attack, reported Reuters.
National police spokesperson Orlando Mudumane said he had
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