ISIS linked terrorists behead 50 villagers on a football ground in Mozambique
ISIS-linked militants beheaded at least 50 people in northern Mozambique in the latest gruesome killing spree in Cabo Delgado province, local media reported.
The extremists reportedly chopped up the bodies on a football pitch and also decapitated an unknown number of people in a nearby village.
Mozambique police chief Bernardino Rafael said women and children had been kidnapped and houses were burnt down in the Miudumbe and Macomia districts.
Extremists in the Muslim-majority, gas-rich province have wreaked havoc since 2017, with as many as 2,000 killed and about 430,000 displaced.
About 10,000 people fled to the provincial capital Pemba via boat over the past week alone, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday, raising concerns over access to clean water and sanitation.
In April, militants shot dead and beheaded more than 50 young people for allegedly refusing to join their ranks. The militants pledged allegiance to ISIS last year and have since stepped up their offensive and seized sizeable chunks of territory.