Brit Contractor Uses Gun to Save Lives During ISIS Attack in Mozambique, iStock-1220532981Posted on 04/06/2021 5:19:41 AM PDT by marktwain
Brit Contractor Uses Gun to Save Lives During ISIS Attack in Mozambique, iStock-1220532981
On Wednesday, 24 March, a force estimated to be between 100 and several hundred Islamic terrorists attacked the Mozambique city of Palma, which is on the coast of East Africa, in the north of Mozambique, near the Tanzanian border. Palma has bout 75,000 residents.
The Islamic State (ISIS) in Africa has been growing, according to a U.S. official. From iol.co.za:
The US Department of State’s acting special envoy for the global coalition to defeat ISIS, John Godfrey, told reporters the attack was in line with what has been seen from Islamic State in Mozambique and said the US government is closely monitoring events.
He cited what he said was the brutality of the attack and the killing of civilians as well as the increased brazenness of the group, which is now seeking to hold some towns.
Two days after the initial attack, it appears a number of foreign nationals attempted to flee the hotel they were in, with a convoy that had been organized to carry them to a nearby beach. An unknown number of ISIS terrorists attacked the convoy near the hotel, in what may have been a hasty ambush.
Seven of ten vehicles in the convoy are reported to have escaped, which implies three did not. A member of the group in the last three vehicles was proficient with firearms. From thesun.com:
The former cop was at the back of a convoy of expats that came under heavy fire from militants while leaving Palma in northern Mozambique, on Friday evening, reports the Times.
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He’ll probably be arrested when he gets back to Britain for violating Section IV, paragraph 3c, sub-paragraph 275d, line 966...to wit: “failure to have a license to touch a firearm when outside of the country”.
Mozambique is reported to have the lowest rate of firearm ownership in Africa, made doubly ironic by the AK-47 rifle on their flag.
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