MAPUTO, May 17, 2016 – A Filipina teacher was killed in an ambush on a passenger bus by Renamo rebels in Mozambique, police said Tuesday, as insurgent unrest rises in the country’s central region. The attack took place on Sunday in Murrotone, near Mocuba town. ”The coach was ambushed by Renamo men, resulting in the death of a female foreigner who was Filipino, and four others were injured,” local police spokesman Ernesto Serrote told AFP. The Philippines embassy in neighboring South Africa identified the woman as a teacher who was working in Mozambique. Location map photo courtesy of worldatlas.com ”Her name can’t be revealed at this stage because we are still busy with internal processes,” embassy spokesman Joselito Chad Jacinto told AFP. According to local media, the attack was close to a base of the Renamo group, which has clashed regularly with government troops in recent months. The attackers [...]
