Mozambique rocked by killings of opposition figures

FILE - Local residents queue before casting their votes during the general elections in Inhambane, Mozambique, on Oct. 9, 2024. Two members of the opposition party PODEMOS, which is preparing to challenge the election results, were killed by gunmen on Oct. 18, 2024.

Gunmen in two vehicles chased down the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their SUV late at night on a main avenue in the capital, their party said Saturday, in a brutal burst of violence that rocked a country where tensions were already high amid a disputed election.