{"id":1924,"date":"2024-12-26T12:31:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/mozambique-police-commander-says-33-dead-1500-escaped-in-maputo-prison-riot\/"},"modified":"2024-12-26T12:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T12:31:24","slug":"mozambique-police-commander-says-33-dead-1500-escaped-in-maputo-prison-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invest360pro.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/mozambique-police-commander-says-33-dead-1500-escaped-in-maputo-prison-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique police commander says 33 dead, 1,500 escaped in Maputo prison riot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54azhfq00ep2bnu6mt33xk7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A prison riot in Mozambique\u2019s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country\u2019s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b36gt0008356neoax8igo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            About 1,534 people escaped from the prison in the incident but 150 of them have now been recaptured, Rafael said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b36gt0009356niwm28kka@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Mozambique is experiencing escalating civil unrest linked to October\u2019s disputed election, which extended long-ruling party Frelimo\u2019s stay in power. Opposition groups and their supporters claim the vote was rigged.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b03cw0000356nnkj7cdiy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            While Rafael blamed protests outside the prison for encouraging the riot, Justice Minister Helena Kida told local private broadcaster Miramar TV that the unrest was started inside the prison and had nothing to do with protests outside.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b3l9b000f356n7dmi6v4a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe confrontations after that resulted in 33 deaths and 15 injured in the vicinity of the jail.\u201d Rafael told a media briefing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b3l9b000g356nmwx8gt2h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The identities of those killed and injured were unclear.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm54b3k1l000d356n8iujlyqj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Mozambique\u2019s interior minister said on Tuesday that at least 21 people were killed in unrest after the country\u2019s top court on Monday confirmed Frelimo\u2019s victory.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prison riot in Mozambique\u2019s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country\u2019s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday. 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