Police in Mozambique said 33 people were killed and 15 injured after a riot broke out at a high-security prison in the capital Maputo. According to the country’s police commander, more than 1,500 prisoners managed to escape during the violence. Protesters also attacked several other prisons in the country, with dozens of prisoners escaping.
He also said 150 had already been recaptured.
Protests have been increasing in Mozambique for the past several days after the election results were announced. Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who reportedly received 24% of the vote, dismissed the result as manipulated.
The capital Maputo is one of the cities hardest hit by the protests, which have left at least 56 people dead and more than 380 injured.
Other cities affected by the protests are Beira and Nampula.
ftm/ (Reuters, dpa, Lusa)
