Suspected Islamists attacked a string of police stations in a small town in northern Mozambique killing two policemen but 14 of the gunmen were slain, police said on Saturday. “We recorded 14 deaths and several bandits were wounded,” police spokesman Inacio Dina told AFP. Local media said three police stations in the sleepy town, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from natural gas fields, were targeted. At a news conference on Thursday, Dina suggested the attackers were linked to a homegrown “radical Islamic sect” but gave no details. “The motive of the attacks is still unknown but in the past police arrested some religious leaders of Islamic extremist sects,” Dina said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 07, 2017 14:26 UTC