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Mozambican security forces carry out a protracted deadly attack on the key northern city of Palma by fighters linked to ISIS (ISIS).
The town was nearly deserted nearly a week after the raid began, with residents fleeing by road, boat or on foot.
The attackers stormed the city last Wednesday, escalating an armed uprising that has spread across northern Mozambique since 2017.
Dozens of people, according to ISIL and authorities, have been killed in what witnesses describe as a coordinated attack, and an unknown number of them remain missing.
This is the largest and closest raid in a multibillion dollar gas project under construction on a peninsula just 10 km (6 miles) away by Total France and other energy giants .
Many survivors said they walked for days to take refuge in Mueda, 180 km (112 miles) to the south.
“Many people fell from fatigue and could not continue to walk, especially the elderly and children,” said an escapee from Mueda who did not wish to be named.
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