7 people were injured after Frelimo stormed a Renamo rally In Maravia, Tete, yesterday afternoon; one of the Frelimo injured is in serious condition, our correspondents report. Marávia and especially Malowere administrative post are seen as Renamo bastions and there is high tension there.
Renamo candidate for governor Ricardo Tomás led a rally on the Malowera football field. A parade by Frelimo supporters arrived at the end of the rally and stormed the field with banners and loud sound systems. In Malowere Renamo defends its turf and a brawl resulted. Police were called in and fired shots into the air to disperse the crowd and restore order.
On the same day, a Frelimo supporter who was being transported on a motorcycle arrived at a Renamo gathering wearing a Frelimo t-shirt, and was attacked by Renamo counterparts. The victim was advised to remove his party’s jersey if he wanted to stay on the scene and he declined. Annoyed, Renamo supporters stoned him.
Also in Malowere, two houses of Frelimo supporter Standiero Dhaka were burned down on Sunday night (6 October). Dhaka’s wife says she received threats from Renamo supporters allegedly because her son was campaigning for Frelimo. Two days earlier, strangers had come to the victim’s residence and placed a foreign substance in a can of water, she claimed.
Two Frelimo supporters were whipped by Renamo counterparts in Mavume, Funhalouro, Inhambane yesterday afternoon (7 October) when two party parades met. Renamo’s candidate for govenor, Daniel Majongue, was part of his party’s entourage.
