Save the Children organization stated that children as young as 11 years old were killed in the cycle of violence perpetrated by terrorists in northeastern Mozambique.
The London-based relief organization expressed its “anger and deep sadness” over reports of children being targeted in the conflict in the Cabo Delgado district in the north of the country, which has large gas resources but is witnessing a terrible armed rebellion, indicating that the fighting in the north of the country has resulted in death. 2,600 people died, more than half of them civilians, and displaced 670,000 people.
She added that her name was withheld to protect her identity, as her 12-year-old son beheaded while she was hiding with her other children, noting that on “that night, they attacked our village and burned our homes … We tried to escape to the forest, but they took my oldest son and beheaded him.” We could do anything because we would have been killed as well. ”
“One of our biggest concerns is that the needs of the displaced children and their families in Cabo Delgado outweigh the resources we have available to support them,” said Chance Briggs, the organization’s director in Mozambique.
He added, “About one million people face acute hunger as a direct result of this conflict, whether from the displaced or the communities that host them.”
The “youth movement” launched a series of attacks in the region since 2017 and pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization “ISIS” in 2019, and the movement faces charges of beheading and violating the sanctity of corpses.
Source: “AFP”