Mozambique: Number of Detainees in Connection With Bishop’s Murder Rises to Five

Maputo — The number of suspects detained in connection with the murder of Osório Citora Afonso, Bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane, in the central Mozambican province of Zambézia, has risen from four to five.

Bishop Osório Afonso, who was also Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Beira, in the central province of Sofala, was shot dead last June with an AKM-type firearm.

Among the suspects, there are two Catholic priests, a guard employed by the Quelimane Diocese and two civilians.