Dozens Killed as Mozambique Attack Survivors Evacuated

MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE - Dozens of people were killed during coordinated jihadi attacks in Palma in northern Mozambique, the defense ministry said Sunday, four days after the raids were launched.

"Last Wednesday, a group of terrorists sneaked into…Palma and launched actions that resulted in the cowardly murder of dozens of defenseless people," defense ministry spokesman Omar Saranga told a news conference Sunday. Seven of those were killed in an ambush during an operation to evacuate them from a hotel where they had sought refuge, Saranga said. In the last three days, government security forces have prioritized "the rescue of hundreds of citizens, nationals and foreigners," he said, without giving a breakdown of the numbers.