Survivors of Mozambique Attacks Say White People & Dogs Were Rescued 1st
- A recent report that was filed based on interviews with black survivors of recent Mozambique attacks reveal that rescues did were racially unfair
- According to the survivors, white people and even dogs were prioritised by the rescuers
- These allegations come after thousands of people needed to be rescued after Palma Town in Mozambique was raided by Islamic State-linked fighters
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Amnesty International recently alleged that white people were given preferential treatment when it came to being rescued after a large group of people gathered at a hotel to seek refuge from a group of Islamic State-linked fighters that raided Palma Town in Mozambique.
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In a report filed by Amnesty, 11 black people recounted how white people were airlifted first by rescuers in a helicopter. Some of the 11 people even said that dogs and animals were rescued before black people.
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One of the survivors alleged that the hotel manager had his two German Shepherd dogs airlifted while there were still some black people left that needed to be carried to safety.
These allegations have however been denied by the private security company, Dyck Advisory Group (DAG), which was hired by the government to fight the militants. Lionel Dyck, the founder of DAG said that the claims were not accurate and also promised to release a full statement on the matter, EWN reported.
Briefly News earlier reported that concerns arose from the United Nations following reports that Tanzania forcibly rejected hundreds of Mozambicans who were fleeing jihadist raids last month.
Cabo Delgado's jihadists, known to the locals by Al-Shabaab, have launched a series of raids on towns and villages in an attempt to establish an Islamic caliphate. On 24 March, Islamic State-linked militants launched attacks on the northeastern town of Palma.
The attack forced thousands of people to flee into the nearby forest. Some who fled chose to head south while others headed to the Tanzanian border.
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