It's a lie - PRM says. Do not attack the police - says Renamo

An attack conducted by officers of the Rapid Intervention Force (FIR) to the Renamo headquarters in the administrative post of Muxungue, Chibabava district in Sofala, is degenerating into armed conflict. Since the early hours of yesterday (Wednesday) that the FIR attacked the headquarters of Renamo where it is alleged that dozens of people had gathered, life in Muxungue no longer normal. A report from Cmoz parked in Muxungue describes the reality on the ground which is characterized by fear, rumors and lack of official information from the authorities. Authorities did not speak. For example, at the local hospital where they are being assisted police officers injured this morning of Thursday the team was Cmoz that was recommended to contact the district administrator for any information you want apurar.Sem official information, only if there was that include local people, who are still in the village, since most already abandoned their homes to seek refuge in safe places. There is also not conformed version of the police were killed and wounded gunshot victims the corporation itself, but so far it is all assumptions. The true costs ascertain because Muxungue is currently under siege. Walking through the small town is imminent danger of being hit by gunfire. What people said to have happened is that agents of the Rapid Intervention Force attacked in the early morning hours of Wednesday at the headquarters of Renamo Mutongoti neighborhood where they found themselves party members. The FIR came to shoot to kill for no apparent reason and even killed a woman who was not a member of Renamo but that was nearby. About eight people contracted serious injuries and part of them was transferred to the Central Hospital of Beira in Sofala Capital. According to reports more than a dozen members of Renamo detained by police. Everyone who spoke to Canalmoz are convinced that "it was an attack of the FIR civilian men who always worked at the headquarters of Renamo. The population is said that the FIR which began with violence. According Canalmoz sources told the other day that the FIR came Muxungue and "is to sow fear and terror." "People are violently beaten by lack of identity cards. Up to pluck money and property of the people "told us a young man working in one of the many stands of small but bustling town located along the National Highway Number 1 (N1). After the attack the FIR settled a true environment of the combat zone in the village of Muxungue. The villagers are desperately fleeing to leave their property Chibabava, the district headquarters. Throughout the day yesterday, Wednesday, there was no power supply and mobile phone networks were constantly interrupted in Muxungue. The communications were restored overnight yesterday. Muxungue irreconhecí is stable. Truck drivers do not park in the village because of fear of being alvejados.A Canalmoz the report is on the ground and witnessed the almost sudden transformation of the bustling village of Muxungue a ghost town. Almost all nightspots closed overnight. Until BP pumps that work there had to close early. "People are afraid of FIR" an official told us that BP was shutting down the pumps to refuse supply viaturas.O Canalmoz talked to a professor at the School Primary Complete Mucolocoche study where over 600 students and confirmed to us that no one went to school on Wednesday. People are terrified of the action of the FIR that seconds count - we have the violent response of Renamo.

At dawn on Thursday returned to hear gunshots in the small town. From 3:40 a.m. minutes could hear gunfire war, heavy and light. The shots stopped about 4 hours.The story of Canalmoz shifted to a local hospital where it was found to have been entered hospital officials four dead and 13 wounded, all agents of the FIR. Images captured by the local show in Canalmoz wounded being treated in the unit sanitária.Ninguém know how the cops have been shot. Nobody talks Renamo attack, but the truth is that there are these dead and wounded. Policemen injured in treatment Contacted said the police inspector and spokesman for the General Command of Police Pedro Cossa said that there was no attack on Muxungue. "That's a lie. These are your colleagues who Muxungue are lying, "said Pedro Cossa. Even after informing him that Canalmoz features pictures depicting the situation, Pedro Cossa insisted it is "all mentitra." "If you phoned me to know the truth, say that's a lie," he said and hung up the phone . Contacted General Renamo who is in Maputo, Herminio Morais, said part of his party no orders to attack the police, not to fight back the onslaught of FIR. It is unknown how the policemen are dead and others wounded. A truck loaded with gas pumps stayed overnight in BP's Muxungue is given as imminent danger. Your driver told Canalmoz that in case of being hit by a shot from a firearm, the charge can explode and burn everything around within a radius of 5 kilometers. However, traffic until 7 pm today, Thursday continued on the N1 in Muxungue in both directions north and south, but any time can be cut given the fear that lives in the small village. (F.Veloso and L.Conceição, Muxungue)