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As we were preparing this issue of Mozambique
Revolution the missionaries' disclosure of more
massacres in Tete Province were published in the
international press. FRELIMO issued the following
statement in connection with these disclosures:
Wiriyamu: NOT AN
ISOLATED CRIME
World attention has recently been focused
- with a mixture of horror and indignation - on a report by Spanish and
British priests, describing the massacre
by Portuguese troops of about 400 Mozambican civilians in a village in Tete
Province.
While welcoming the international denunciation and condemnation of this geno-
cidal act, the Mozambique Liberation
Front wishes to point out that this massacre must not be seen in isolation. In
fact, massacres are the common practice
of the Portuguese troops in Mozambique,
they are inherent to the Portuguese colonial system. As early as 1960, more
than 500 villagers from Mueda in Northern
Mozambique were slaughtered with gre
nades and machine-gun fire as, in a peaceful demonstration, they demanded independence from the Portuguese authorities.
Time and again FRELIMO has published
detailed reports of many other large-
.scale Portuguese atrocities against the
Mozambican people. These reports —
some of which have been presented
periodically to the U.N. Commission of
Human Rights - describe the bombing
and destruction of whole villages, plundering, forced removal of population, the
torture and murder of prisoners of war,
and the use by the Portuguese army of
chemical weapons in the liberated areas.
Let us recall just a few cases:
In June 1970, the Portuguese troops
arrived in the village of Joao, in Tete
Province, gathered everybody they could
find (about 60 people, among them
children), and told them to dig a big hole
«for us to hide from the bandits». The
people, unaware, obeyed. At a certain
point the Portuguese told the people to
enter into the hole «to see if all of us will
fit into it». The hole was still not big
enough. The people enlarged it. Then
the soldiers said: «Let us try again». The
people entered again, and now there was
room for all. When our people were inside, the Portuguese started shooting at
them. They killed all 60 Mozambicans
and buried them in that hole.
In another village, in Xidecunde, in February 1972, the Portuguese soldiers
locked 16 people — men, women (some
with babies) and children - in a house
and threw grenades inside. 15 people
were killed - among them 4 pregnant
women and 6 babies. Only one woman
survived, with the loss of an arm, blown
off by the grenade.
On September 28, 1972, in Angonia,
Tete, the Portuguese locked up about 30
people inside a house, set fire to the house
and burnt all of them to death The people were accused of knowing the hideouts of the FRELIMO guerrillas.
In early December, 1972, as a reprisal
against FRELIMO's successful attack
against the town of Tete, the Portuguese
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Object Description
| Title | Mozambique revolution, no. 55 (1973 Apr,-June) |
| Description | Contents: Editorial - International solidarity (p. 1); Italian conference of solidarity (p. 3); Caetano get out! (p. 4); The O.U.A. 10th anniversary (p. 5); The president's visit to Soviet Union and Romania (p. 7); We must learn from the spirit of your struggle (p. 8); A trip to the Zambezi (p. 9); FRELIMO is in full control (p.11); War communique (p.12); Tackling the problems in our schools (p.15); The struggle to build a healthy Mozambique (p.17); The Josina Marchel orphanage (p. 20); Wiriyamu: Not an isolated crime (p. 23). This is an issue reprinted and distributed by the LSM Information Center in Richmond, Canada. |
| 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 | -18.6696821,35.5273477 |
| Coverage date | 1373/1973-03 |
| Creator | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) |
| Publisher (of the Original Version) | Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Department of Information |
| Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Dar Es Salaam, U.R. of Tanzania |
| Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Date issued | 1973-04/1973-06 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 26 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-357 |
Description
| Title | CENPA-357~25 |
| Filename | CENPA-357~25.tiff |
| Full text | As we were preparing this issue of Mozambique Revolution the missionaries' disclosure of more massacres in Tete Province were published in the international press. FRELIMO issued the following statement in connection with these disclosures: Wiriyamu: NOT AN ISOLATED CRIME World attention has recently been focused - with a mixture of horror and indignation - on a report by Spanish and British priests, describing the massacre by Portuguese troops of about 400 Mozambican civilians in a village in Tete Province. While welcoming the international denunciation and condemnation of this geno- cidal act, the Mozambique Liberation Front wishes to point out that this massacre must not be seen in isolation. In fact, massacres are the common practice of the Portuguese troops in Mozambique, they are inherent to the Portuguese colonial system. As early as 1960, more than 500 villagers from Mueda in Northern Mozambique were slaughtered with gre nades and machine-gun fire as, in a peaceful demonstration, they demanded independence from the Portuguese authorities. Time and again FRELIMO has published detailed reports of many other large- .scale Portuguese atrocities against the Mozambican people. These reports — some of which have been presented periodically to the U.N. Commission of Human Rights - describe the bombing and destruction of whole villages, plundering, forced removal of population, the torture and murder of prisoners of war, and the use by the Portuguese army of chemical weapons in the liberated areas. Let us recall just a few cases: In June 1970, the Portuguese troops arrived in the village of Joao, in Tete Province, gathered everybody they could find (about 60 people, among them children), and told them to dig a big hole «for us to hide from the bandits». The people, unaware, obeyed. At a certain point the Portuguese told the people to enter into the hole «to see if all of us will fit into it». The hole was still not big enough. The people enlarged it. Then the soldiers said: «Let us try again». The people entered again, and now there was room for all. When our people were inside, the Portuguese started shooting at them. They killed all 60 Mozambicans and buried them in that hole. In another village, in Xidecunde, in February 1972, the Portuguese soldiers locked 16 people — men, women (some with babies) and children - in a house and threw grenades inside. 15 people were killed - among them 4 pregnant women and 6 babies. Only one woman survived, with the loss of an arm, blown off by the grenade. On September 28, 1972, in Angonia, Tete, the Portuguese locked up about 30 people inside a house, set fire to the house and burnt all of them to death The people were accused of knowing the hideouts of the FRELIMO guerrillas. In early December, 1972, as a reprisal against FRELIMO's successful attack against the town of Tete, the Portuguese 23 |
| Archival file | Volume24/CENPA-357~25.tiff |
