Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeSpecial forces were on standby last night as fears grew for missing Brits caught up in the Mozambique massacre. Special Boat Service commandos were preparing to move to Cyprus and from there stage a rescue operation as the search continued. The move came as Foreign Office officials launched an investigation amid fears more British civilians are still missing. A 20 strong SBS unit was last night preparing to fly to the military base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus - pending a foreign office decision. “We are contacting British people in the region to provide support and are updating our travel advice regularly.”An MoD spokesman told the Daily Mirror: “We neither confirm or deny enquiries about special forces activity.”

Source: Daily Mirror March 30, 2021 18:08 UTC