| 2020 Mozambique attacks | |
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| Part of the insurgency in Cabo Delgado | |
Location of Cabo Delgado Province in Mozambique
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| Location | Mozambique |
| Date | 7 April and 9 November 2020 |
Attack type | Massacres, kidnapping, arson |
| Deaths | 102 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State |
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The 2020 Mozambique attacks included multiple attacks launched by insurgentsofIslamic State's Central Africa Province and other groups. The attacks left at least 102 people dead.
7 April 2020 - Mozambique police say 52 male villagers were killed by Islamist militants.[1] The attack occurred in Xitaxi, Muidumbe District, Cabo Delgado Province, after they refused to join their ranks.[2]
9 November 2020 - Militant Islamists behead at least 50 people in several villages in Cabo Delgado Province. In addition, the insurgents burned homes and kidnapped women during their raids.[3] United Nations Secretary General António Guterres expressed his shock and condemned the "wanton brutality" of the massacres.[4]
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