In Palma: 87 known dead, 15,000 displaced

87 people are known dead, "80 Mozambicans and seven white people, probably foreigners," reported MediaFax (9 Apr). This does not include bodies in fresh graves 100 metres from the Afungi Hotel. The graves were shown to TV crews on Wednesday, and police commander Pedro da Silva told TV the buried bodies were all white and thus presumed foreign, tied with the hands behind their back, and beheaded. https://bit.ly/3dObNNS His description is not confirmed, and there are not that many foreigners reported missing.

UN Migration (IOM) reported Saturday (10 Apr) that 15,179 people have been registered as displaced from Palma, including 5198 in Mueda, 3637 in Nangade, 2784 in Montepuez, and 2210 in Pemba. Many thousands of displaced are still waiting in Quitanda village, just outside the gates of the Afungi gas camp (now under the control of the Mozambican army, after Total pulled out). Some Total contractors says they have Mozambicans employees in this group, who are not being allowed into Afungi to be evacuated.

Source: Mozambique, News Reports & Clippings - 11 April 2021