At least six Tanzanian farmers were shot dead and seven others seriously injured by armed gunmen believed to have crossed the border from the restive region of Mozambique. The militants are believed to be part of the Jihadist group operational in Mozambique and affiliated to ISIS as part of its Central Africa Province (ISCAP).
The attack targeted the village of Ngongo on the Tanzanian side of an island in the Ruvuma river, which forms part of the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. The farmers were killed execution-style by the terrorists who gathered them and open fired.
It is important to note that the majority of the terrorists in Al Shabaab are majorly Tanzanians according to intelligence reports by Mozambican side. The ISIS-affiliated militants have been believed to have been former members of Harakat al Shabaab al-Mujahedeen in Somalia.
For nearly two years, jihadists have carried out numerous raids in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province bordering Tanzania, killing at least 300 civilians and displacing tens of thousands of people. They have however upped the frequency of attacks since pledging allegiance to ISIS and being named ISCAP by the slain leader al Baghdadi.
