MOZAMBIQUE: Police in Mozambique disperse vote protest

 

Riot police in the Mozambican capital Maputo fired tear gas Monday to disperse a crowd protesting against alleged electoral fraud, days after two opposition allies were shot dead.

Several hundred people, including journalists, scattered as heavily armed police walked down a main street, according to videos posted on social media.

Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in the October 9 election, had called for a general strike to contest early results showing the ruling Frelimo party ahead.

Shops in Maputo were closed and helicopters hovering above the city of around one million people.

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