RENAMO beating journalists

The Provincial Secretariat of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) in Nampula issued a press release in which strongly expresses its abhorrence and condemnation against exguerrilheiros Renamo, which, on the afternoon of Wednesday, violently beat two journalists from TV of Mozambique (TVM), which therefore had to be assisted in the hospital given the gravity of some of the facts contained contraídos.Segundo injuries, both professionals, and Horacio Vicente Herminio Martins, reporter and cameraman, respectively, intended to inform at the site on the situation of the alleged militants Renamo that several months ago, are in the city of Nampula from different parts of the country mobilized for the demonstrations that had been scheduled for last December. The attacks broke out in the provincial delegation of the "Partridge" when Horacio Martins prepared the camera for taking pictures of the scenery, when the former Renamo guerrillas suddenly invested about two journalists from TVM, reviling them and attacking them physically, and confiscate your stuff working. The incident did not reach more drastic proportions due to the prompt intervention of the police, who also allowed recovery of the work material wrongfully seized by energúmenos.Entretanto Antonio Nihorua, head of mobilization and propaganda of Renamo in Nampula, argues that the Two journalists beaten did not have the required permission from his party to perform any data collection for noticiosos.Vicente Martins denies these allegations and states that his team wanted to make a report addressing the terrible conditions of hygiene, including the fecalismo open, in addition to poor nutrition that are submitted because the militants mentioned only receive one meal per day, which should be behind the impressive physical weakness showed that many of them.
We had no political intentions, only moved us the desire to safeguard the issue concerning human rights that those men are being deprived by its leader, Afonso Dhlakama, who has promised peaceful demonstrations that have been repeatedly postponed. Said one journalist.
The police claims to have already established a record of complaint against the individuals who perpetrated physical aggression against the two media professionals social.Segundo the press officer in command of the PRM, Michael Bartholomew, has already created a brigade to carry out technical investigations that are needed around the serious incident and clearance of guilt involved in the subsequent criminal liability.