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Jihadists attacked a village near a huge gas project in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique on Tuesday in the dark group’s latest assault, sources said.
Armed men attacked the small village of Monjane, they said.
“The population fled to the resettlement village of Senga,” which is five kilometers (three miles) in the project area, a security source told AFP.
The source was unable to give details of the victims.
The group, known locally as Al-Shabab, launched attacks in the predominantly Muslim province in October 2017. Last year it declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group.
More than 2,300 people have died, according to the US-based NGO Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project, while the government says at least 500,000 people have fled their homes.
Cabo Delgado is the site of a project to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant – the centerpiece of a government dream of reaping the riches of Mozambique’s offshore energy fields.
French company Total, a major investor in the scheme, told AFP it was “closely monitoring the situation” in Cabo Delgado but did not confirm the attack.
Monjane was attacked in May 2018. Ten people were beheaded, including some children.
Mozambique’s armed forces, which are struggling to contain the insurgency, said last week they had carried out several operations in which they killed 37 jihadists, seized guns and destroyed vehicles and boats used for them. coastal attacks.
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