By Noemia Mendes
Maputo ( MOZTIMES) – Rioters have destroyed the strongbox and stolen money from a branch of the BCI bank in the Maputo neighbourhood of George Dimitrov and broke into the ATM of the BCI branch at the Galp petrol station in the Choupal neighbourhood. They also burnt down the BIM branch in Choupal.
After the proclamation of the results of the 9 October general elections by the Constitutional Council, confirming the victory of the ruling Frelimo Party and its presidential candidate Daniel Chapo, rioters in the Maputo urban district of Kamubukwana destroyed public and private property.
Joaquim Salimo, a resident of Choupal, said that, after the proclamation of the results, the protesters invaded the Galp petrol stations in the Choupal and 25 June neighbourhoods and destroyed the fuel pumps. They stole all the goods that were on sale and the safe containing money.
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