Mozambique: 13 Somalis Found Dead in a Bush

[AyubD]

Posting in memory of Somali brothers and sisters killed in Mozambique. We heard the news and mourn.

28 December 2017

Bodies of 13 Somalis believed to have suffocated in the back of a container truck were discovered on Tuesday in a village in central Mozambique.

According to the authorities, the bodies were found dumped in a bush some 200 metres from a police station in Cheringoma in Sofala Province.

The Mozambican government said investigations are ongoing but did not give any details.

A government source quoted in the local O País newspaper said the Somalia nationals were suspected illegal immigrants travelling from the north to south of the country.

"They were probably illegal migrants who were being ferried in a container truck and may have died of suffocation.

"As soon as the driver realised they were dead, he threw them in the bush," the source told O País.

The southern African country is a major transit route for migrants, used by human traffickers to ferry Somalis and Ethiopians to South Africa.

In May, Mozambique deported 24 Ethiopians found with fake visas.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201712280825.html

[Nubis]

Rest in peace.