ISIS seizes Mozambique town in bloody escalation of regional rampage
Pemba, Mozambique — Thousands of survivors of coordinated jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique's Palma town were arriving on boats in the provincial capital Pemba on Monday, according to sources in the city. International aid agency sources said between 6,000 and 10,000 people were waiting to be evacuated to safety following the raid on Palma that began last Wednesday.
Extremist militants raided Palma, a town of around 75,000 people with strategic value in the province of Cabo Delgado. The town is home to a multi-billion-dollar gas project being built by France's Total and other energy companies.
The government said dozens were killed in the attack, including seven people caught in an ambush during an operation to evacuate them from a hotel where they had sought refuge.
As CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reported this month, the U.S. has boosted its support for Mozambique as the country faces a bloody ISIS-linked Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado.
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