2021-03-17 Africa Subsaharan
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ISIS beheading children in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
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[AfricaNews] Islamist militants are beheading children as young as 11 in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, aid agency Save the Children said in a new report.
Armed groups, known locally as al-Shabab ("young people" in Arabic), have been sowing terror for more than three years in the strategic province of Cabo Delgado, which borders Tanzania and is an area that is rich in natural gas.
More than 2,600 people have died in the conflict and more than 670,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, according to the United Nations.
Save the Children heard from mothers, including one whose name has been changed to protect her identity.
'THEY TOOK MY ELDEST SON AND BEHEADED HIM'
She said her 12-year-old was beheaded near to where she was hiding with her other three children.
“That night our village was attacked and houses were burned. When it all started, I was at home with my four children," the mother said.
"We tried to escape to the woods, but they took my eldest son and beheaded him. We couldn't do anything because we would be killed too.”
Another woman, whose name has also been withheld for protection, said her son had been killed by militants while she and her other three children had been forced to flee.
"After my 11-year-old son was killed, we understood that it was no longer safe to stay in my village," she said.
On Monday, the United States Embassy in Maputo said US Special Operations Forces will train Mozambican marines for two months to fight against the jihadist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado province.
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