RENAMO - On Monday, the police in Mozambique said that they had killed the commander of an armed wing of breakaway faction of the main opposition group MAPUTO.
The government claims that the military junta of Renamo is responsible for several attacks and killings of civilians, plundering of property, looting and arson in the central part of the impoverished country in the last few years.
Bernardino Rafael was killed early in the morning in a fight between the Renamo Military junta and his backers in Sofala province, General Commander of Police Mariano Nyongo said.
At around 0730, local time, the FDS in patrol operations clashed with the military junta led by Rafael, Rafael said.
The FDS tried everything to keep Nyongo alive so that he could answer in court for his actions. The FDS was the first to attack the patrol, however, said he.
The attacks by the splinter group have initiated a peace treaty and disarmament process after President Filipe Nyusi of the ruling party signed a ceasefire with Renamo in 2019.