Mozambique: Deaths of Prisoners Blamed On Security Lapses

Maputo — The deaths of five prisoners, shot dead while trying to escape from the Milange district jail, in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia, was due to failure to implement basic security norms, according to the commission of inquiry set up by Justice Minister Helena Kida.

The report from the commission of inquiry, cited in Tuesday’s issue of the independent newssheet “Carta de Mocambique”, found that at the time of the escape attempt, on the evening of 13 June, there was just one…