Mozambique has been rocked by the raze of two prominent opposition figures, ratcheting up tensions ahead of planned protests against the election results.
New opposition occasion Podemos’ felony professional , Elvino Dias, who was as soon as also advisor to its presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, died alongside occasion official Paulo Guambe.
They had been gunned down dull on Friday night by attackers chasing the car they had been travelling in.
Videos posted on social media existing a BMW SUV within the middle of the road with many bullet holes within the bodywork.
Their deaths arrive as nation waits for the results of the contested 9 October election.
They are due on the 24 October, with provisional results showing a probable rep for Frelimo, which has governed Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975.
Western election observers secure nonetheless forged doubts on the integrity of the poll, announcing it did now not meet world requirements.
They’ve reported factors at the side of vote-shopping and the clamping down on dissent against the ruling occasion.
Opposition events secure also cried fraud, and Podemos has called for a nationwide strike on Monday.
There are fears now that the protests also can turn bloody with Mozambique’s security forces having opened fireplace on protesters within the past.
The European Union and Portugal secure condemned the killing of the Podemos officials and called for an investigation.
