The mayor of Mozambique’s third-largest city, who was planning to run in next year’s election as an independent candidate, was shot dead in the northeastern opposition stronghold of Nampula.
Mahamudo Amurane was killed Wednesday night, police spokesman Inacio Dina said in comments aired on STV, a broadcaster based in the capital, Maputo. The mayor had been using private security after dismissing officers assigned to him by the state.
“He was murdered by a tall man who shot him three times as he left his private residence where he had been working with contractors,” Saide Ali, a member of the Nampula municipal government, told reporters late Wednesday.
“He was murdered by a tall man who shot him three times as he left his private residence where he had been working with contractors,” Saide Ali, a member of the Nampula municipal government, told reporters late Wednesday.
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