Palma attacks: Total stops work at Mozambique LNG as workers and locals flee brutal assault by Islamist insurgents

Analyst said Mozambique government failed to act on intelligence of imminent attack

Insurgency: tens of thousands of locals and refugees in the Palma area of Mozambique have fled to the coast and bush to escape the brutal insurgents. This photo was taken in August 2019 in a burned out area in the village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia in Cabo Delgado province — Insurgency: tens of thousands of locals and refugees in the Palma area of Mozambique have fled to the coast and bush to escape the brutal insurgents. This photo was taken in August 2019 in a burned out area in the village of Aldeia da Paz outside Macomia in Cabo Delgado provincePhoto: AFP/SCANPIX

Iain Esau

London

Published 28 March 2021, 16:23Updated 28 March 2021, 16:55

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