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9.
' PORTUGUESE KILLED
65 VILLAGERS "
From: "ZAMBIA MAIL", December 17, 1965
"PETAUKE, Thursday. -
More than 3,000 refugees from Mozambique now camped here fled their country
after 65 of their tribesmen had been shot dead by the armed Portuguese security
forces. The refugees claimed that two Portuguese businessmen were, killed by
villagers.
The Zambian Government has set up two refugee camps - one at Manyane in
Chief Mwanjawanthu's area and another at Ziwaniwana village in Chief Ndake's
area about ten miles from the Great East Road near Nyimba.
Among the refugees at Ziwaniwana is Chief Nyakaloto. He told the Mail in
an exclusive interview that 65 of his people had been arrested by Portuguese
soldiers in an early morning swoop on October 23. HE ALLEGED THAT THEY HAD
BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF FRELIMO CARDS.
"The arrested people were asked to denounce their party and co-operate
with the Portuguese authorities. You know wo in Mozambique have never known
freedom throughout our lives. My people refused to co-operate and this cost
them their lives", he said.
"They were merciless shot down, the whole lot of them and only, because we
want to be treated as human beings. I tell you the Portuguese are brutal and you
on this side of the border cannot understand our suffering," he said with tears
streaming from his eyes.
Mwanja Phiri, the oldest woman at the Ziwaniwana Camp had this to say:
"I saw Portuguese soldiers rounding up youngmen in my village. I did not know
what for. But I was later told they were found to be in possession of political
party cards."
"A few days later I was told they were brutaly butchered. One of my relatives, Pondaponda Mwale, was among those killed".
The old woman walks with the support of a stick. With a black cloth round
her waist, she said in a trembling voice: "It took me and my grand-daughter 4
nights to reach here. We travelled at night for fear of being arrested and
.suffering death at the hands of the Portuguese. We left all taht was dear to us -
cattle, goats, fowls, gardens with maize and groundnuts growing".
She has vowed that her spirit "will rise and haunt the Portuguese regime".
THE UNITED NATIONS
Last December a FRELIMO delegation composed of the President, Dr Eduardo
Mondlane, and the Secretary for External Affairs, comrade Marcelino dos Santos,
went to New York to petition in the Fourth Committea of the General.Aseembly of
the U.N. . ',
The President of FRELIMO was thus carrying out a specific mission which
had been entrusted to him last October, by the Conference of the Nationalist
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| Full text | 9. ' PORTUGUESE KILLED 65 VILLAGERS " From: "ZAMBIA MAIL", December 17, 1965 "PETAUKE, Thursday. - More than 3,000 refugees from Mozambique now camped here fled their country after 65 of their tribesmen had been shot dead by the armed Portuguese security forces. The refugees claimed that two Portuguese businessmen were, killed by villagers. The Zambian Government has set up two refugee camps - one at Manyane in Chief Mwanjawanthu's area and another at Ziwaniwana village in Chief Ndake's area about ten miles from the Great East Road near Nyimba. Among the refugees at Ziwaniwana is Chief Nyakaloto. He told the Mail in an exclusive interview that 65 of his people had been arrested by Portuguese soldiers in an early morning swoop on October 23. HE ALLEGED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF FRELIMO CARDS. "The arrested people were asked to denounce their party and co-operate with the Portuguese authorities. You know wo in Mozambique have never known freedom throughout our lives. My people refused to co-operate and this cost them their lives", he said. "They were merciless shot down, the whole lot of them and only, because we want to be treated as human beings. I tell you the Portuguese are brutal and you on this side of the border cannot understand our suffering," he said with tears streaming from his eyes. Mwanja Phiri, the oldest woman at the Ziwaniwana Camp had this to say: "I saw Portuguese soldiers rounding up youngmen in my village. I did not know what for. But I was later told they were found to be in possession of political party cards." "A few days later I was told they were brutaly butchered. One of my relatives, Pondaponda Mwale, was among those killed". The old woman walks with the support of a stick. With a black cloth round her waist, she said in a trembling voice: "It took me and my grand-daughter 4 nights to reach here. We travelled at night for fear of being arrested and .suffering death at the hands of the Portuguese. We left all taht was dear to us - cattle, goats, fowls, gardens with maize and groundnuts growing". She has vowed that her spirit "will rise and haunt the Portuguese regime". THE UNITED NATIONS Last December a FRELIMO delegation composed of the President, Dr Eduardo Mondlane, and the Secretary for External Affairs, comrade Marcelino dos Santos, went to New York to petition in the Fourth Committea of the General.Aseembly of the U.N. . ', The President of FRELIMO was thus carrying out a specific mission which had been entrusted to him last October, by the Conference of the Nationalist |
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