{{Mozambique security forces detained three soldiers for ambushing and robbing foreign travellers on a main highway, the defence ministry said Monday.}}<\/p>\n
“The three military suspects are held in Gorongosa pending further investigation and prosecution,” defence ministry spokesman Amelta Muiquija said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The soldiers masquerading as a former rebel group attacked civilian vehicles in central province Sofala early Saturday morning, one of their victims told independent newspaper O Pais.<\/p>\n
“They said they were Renamo fighters and demanded we give them everything of value we had with us,” a unnamed victim said.<\/p>\n
After the attackers drove off with around $1,000 in cash and other goods, the victims reported the case to the nearest police station.<\/p>\n
The victims identified the culprits in an identity parade.<\/p>\n
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