According to HRW, at least 22 people died, and more than 50 others were injured in the Mozambique police shooting when violence erupted following a disputed presidential election this month.
Police in Mozambique killed at least 11 people and injured more than 50 in violence after a disputed presidential election this month, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
Protests have rocked this southern African nation since the announcement of Daniel Chapo, candidate of the ruling Frelimo party in power since 1975, winning the October 9 election.
Hundreds of supporters of opposition parties took to the streets last week amid clashes with riot police.
The security forces of Mozambique killed at least 11 people, said HRW in a statement, adding, “over 50 people suffered serious gunshot wounds” on October 24 and 25.
At least eight police were reportedly injured, said the rights group.
HRW said that it had interviewed 22 people, including victims, witnesses, physicians, journalists, government officials and civil society groups.
Many, including children as young as one year old, inhaled tear gas that police fired indiscriminately into residential areas,” the rights group said.
HRW added one doctor had said that he treated dozens of injured people, and one victim had “a bullet in his spine.”
