Mozambique: Of Quelimane Accuses Police of Assassination Attempt

Maputo — Manuel de Araujo, the mayor of the central Mozambican city of Quelimane, has claimed that members of the police were involved in an abortive attempt to assassinate him, according to a report in Monday’s issue of the independent newssheet, “Carta de Mocambique’.

The claim came on Araujo’s Facebook page, just a fortnight after the Mayor of Nampula, Paulo Vahanle, had made a similar allegation. Both mayors are members of the main opposition party, Renamo, and both are standing for a…