Africa Research Bulletin (Political Series) V. 24,
N. 9,
August 15, 1987, p. 8561
The Article :
The article describe the
massacre of more 380 peasants by the Mozambique National Resistance (see next
article “Seemingly Endless War is
Strangling Mozambique” by Sheila Rule, The
New York Times, January 25, 1988, for historical background). There are two main fact
about the hormoine massacre. First, most of the victims were women, children,
eldery people and patients from the district hospital. Second, this massacre
was the one of the worst in 7 years of guerilla (1987).
“It recalls the Wyriamu massacre by portuguese troops in the final days of colonial period”.
Summary by Marie Keszler