Mozambique police on Monday fired teargas at protesters in the capital Maputo who had gathered at the scene where two opposition party figures were\u00a0shot dead\u00a0on Saturday after a disputed election.<\/p>\n
The full results of Mozambique’s Oct. 9 national election are expected this week, with\u00a0early results showing that the ruling party Frelimo is set for another win. Opposition candidates say the poll was rigged.<\/p>\n
Frelimo has ruled the southern African country since 1975 and has been accused of electoral fraud by opposition leaders, civil society and election observers, which it denies.<\/p>\n
“The police are turning this into a violent protest because they are firing at us. We are here to demand that the truth about the election is upheld,” said protester Vladimir Manhique, a 32-year-old car mechanic.<\/p>\n
“This is a way to demonstrate that enough is enough. This regime must fall,” he said.<\/p>\n
A Reuters reporter saw one man in civilian clothing who fired a gun at the crowd and later got into a car with a police officer. Mozambican police have used live ammunition at political protests in the past,\u00a0including last year.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson could not immediately be reached.<\/p>\n
Gunmen killed an opposition lawyer and a party official in their car in Maputo early Saturday, raising tensions ahead of a planned national strike on Monday organised by independent presidential candidate\u00a0Venancio Mondlane.<\/p>\n
Mondlane said on Monday that the strike was a success and told the protesters to go home after the clashes with police.<\/p>\n
Many businesses were closed in Maputo and streets were quieter than usual.<\/p>\n
Mozambique’s electoral commission has declined to comment on accusations of fraud. U.S.-based observers said the poll did not meet international standards for democratic elections, noting reports of vote buying, intimidation, inflated voter rolls and other issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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