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'■■-.'■ ■ "■ Repressionsi in Mozambique
In order to escape from the inhuman Portuguese repressions, the
people of many; villages are forced to seek refuge in the bush where they
are protected by FRELIMO militants.
"7/' : , On February 20 the administrator of Macomia in the district of
Cf^bo. Delgado sent emissaries warning these people that they must return to
their villages.because all Africans found in the bush would be killed. On
the other hand, he said, those who returned to their villages would not be
prosecuted. Some Mozambicans let themselves be influenced by the words of
the Portuguese and came back. ,
Cn February 22 groups of Portuguese soldiers went through ths
villages arresting all the' inhabitants who had returned. All of them, men,
wnmen and children, were put in big lorries and transported to one of the
villages, There they were put into four of the largest huts. The huts
were set on fire and while they burned, the Portuguese soldiers sprayed
them"with machine gun bullets. The only survivors were a woman' and her
four year old child, hideously burned and mutilated, who were taken from
the wreckage by other inhabitants who approached after dark when the
Pnrtuguese soldiers had left.
On March 12 a fifteen year old Mozambican'girl was killed in
Mueda by a mine placed in the road by the Portuguese soldiers.
.On Mareh'16 a group of Portuguese soldiers went from Muidumbe to
the region of Cavanga. There they found a woman planting potatoes. The
Portuguese accused her of doing this to feed the rebels. They shot and
killed her.
On March 20 tbe-FRELIMO freedom fighters attacked a Portuguese
patrol near Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado Province, killing nine Portuguese soldiers. One FRELIMO soldier was killed and three wounded.
On the same day FRELIMO militants ambushed a convoy of three
Portuguese military cars six miles from Mueda-. One of the cars was destroyed.. About ten Portuguese soldiers were killede There were no casualties among the FRELIMO militants.
^n April,,3 another group of Portuguese soldiers was ambushed by
FRELIMO guerrillas in Miteda. <• Six Portuguese soldiers were'killed and
some-wounded. One of .our fighters was wounded.
Object Description
| Title | Mozambican revolution (New York ed.), vol. 1, no. 5 (1965 June) |
| Description | Contents: Development of our struggle (p. 2); South African soldiers in the Portuguese army (p. 5); One Portuguese plane shot down (p. 7); Thirty-nine Portuguese soldiers killed (p. 7); Repressions in Mozambique (p. 8); Two more planes shot down and about 20 Portuguese soldiers killed (p. 9); The ICCJ denounces Portuguese colonialism (p. 9); Copy of a telegram from President Gamal Abdul Nasser sent to the FRELIMO representative in Cairo (p.11); Annual Congress of National Union of Tanganika Workers (p.11); Portuguese forced to admit war (p.12); Totalitarianism and Democracy (p.13). |
| Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
| Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
| Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
| Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273356 |
| Coverage date | 1964-06/1965-04-06 |
| Creator | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (FRELIMO) |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | 324 West 84th Street, New York 33, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1965-06 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 15 p. |
| Format (aat) | newsletters |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
| Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
| Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
| Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
| Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
| Filename | CENPA-132 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-132~09 |
| Filename | CENPA-132~09.tiff |
| Full text | -.ft - '■■-.'■ ■ "■ Repressionsi in Mozambique In order to escape from the inhuman Portuguese repressions, the people of many; villages are forced to seek refuge in the bush where they are protected by FRELIMO militants. "7/' : , On February 20 the administrator of Macomia in the district of Cf^bo. Delgado sent emissaries warning these people that they must return to their villages.because all Africans found in the bush would be killed. On the other hand, he said, those who returned to their villages would not be prosecuted. Some Mozambicans let themselves be influenced by the words of the Portuguese and came back. , Cn February 22 groups of Portuguese soldiers went through ths villages arresting all the' inhabitants who had returned. All of them, men, wnmen and children, were put in big lorries and transported to one of the villages, There they were put into four of the largest huts. The huts were set on fire and while they burned, the Portuguese soldiers sprayed them"with machine gun bullets. The only survivors were a woman' and her four year old child, hideously burned and mutilated, who were taken from the wreckage by other inhabitants who approached after dark when the Pnrtuguese soldiers had left. On March 12 a fifteen year old Mozambican'girl was killed in Mueda by a mine placed in the road by the Portuguese soldiers. .On Mareh'16 a group of Portuguese soldiers went from Muidumbe to the region of Cavanga. There they found a woman planting potatoes. The Portuguese accused her of doing this to feed the rebels. They shot and killed her. On March 20 tbe-FRELIMO freedom fighters attacked a Portuguese patrol near Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado Province, killing nine Portuguese soldiers. One FRELIMO soldier was killed and three wounded. On the same day FRELIMO militants ambushed a convoy of three Portuguese military cars six miles from Mueda-. One of the cars was destroyed.. About ten Portuguese soldiers were killede There were no casualties among the FRELIMO militants. ^n April,,3 another group of Portuguese soldiers was ambushed by FRELIMO guerrillas in Miteda. <• Six Portuguese soldiers were'killed and some-wounded. One of .our fighters was wounded. |
| Archival file | Volume10/CENPA-132~09.tiff |
