{"id":7473,"date":"2021-03-27T08:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T08:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2021-03-27T08:43:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T08:43:13","slug":"over-180-people-trapped-in-mozambique-hotel-after-isil-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/03\/27\/over-180-people-trapped-in-mozambique-hotel-after-isil-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 180 people trapped in Mozambique hotel after ISIL attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"root\">\n<div class=\"container container--grid container--article container--white container--vertical-padding\">\n<div class=\"container__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-col l-col--8\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<p>More than 180 people including foreign workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege for three days by fighters linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group, workers and security sources said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were dead, according to witnesses and a rights group, after the attack in Palma near a liquified natural gas (LNG) site in Cabo Delgado province.<\/p>\n<p>French oil giant Total is the principal investor in the $20bn project \u2013 Africa\u2019s largest \u2013 with six other international firms including ExxonMobil involved in the area.<\/p>\n<p>ISIL-linked fighters began a raid on the coastal town on Wednesday afternoon, forcing terrified residents to flee into the surrounding forest as LNG and government workers sought shelter at the Amarula Palma hotel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7474\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Over-180-people-trapped-in-Mozambique-hotel-after-ISIL-attack-rapidnews-dailyrapid-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost the entire town was destroyed. Many people are dead,\u201d said a worker on the LNG site speaking on the phone Friday evening after he was evacuated to Afungi.<\/p>\n<p>He did not give details about the casualties nor their nationalities.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">\u201cAs locals fled to the bush, workers from LNG companies, including foreigners, took refuge in hotel Amarula where they are waiting to be rescued,\u201d he said, asking not to be named.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Bodies on the streets\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Human Rights Watch said the attackers are linked to a group known locally as al-Shabab, which has no known direct link to the Somali armed group with a similar name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral witnesses told Human Rights Watch that they saw bodies on the streets and residents fleeing after the Al-Shabab fighters fired indiscriminately at people and buildings,\u201d the rights group said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>South African news website News24 reported that one South African national had died during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Another worker from a company subcontracted by Total said helicopters flew over the hotel earlier on Friday trying to find \u201ca corridor to rescue the approximately 180 people trapped in the hotel\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"postup-article\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut until nightfall, many people remained on the premises while militants tried to advance towards the hotel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"2\">In an unverified short video clip shared on social media, an unidentified man filmed the hotel lobby showing several people milling around the patio.<\/p>\n<p>With the buzzing sound of a chopper in the background, he described the situation in Palma as \u201ccritical\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know if we will be rescued,\u201d he said, adding the hotel had run out of food but still had water.<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambique government on Thursday confirmed the attack on the town and said soldiers had launched an offensive to evict the fighters from the town, the hub of the giant gas project.<\/p>\n<p>The fresh round of attacks began on Wednesday hours after Total announced a gradual resumption of work at the LNG project, which had been hampered by the continuing rebellion in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Armed fighters affiliated with ISIL have raided villages and towns across the province, causing nearly 700,000 to flee their homes.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"3\">The violence has left at least 2,600 people dead, half of them civilians, according to the US-based data collecting agency Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday, the US embassy in Maputo condemned the attack on Palma, pledging its commitment \u201cto working with the government of Mozambique to counter violent extremism\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 180 people including foreign workers are trapped inside a hotel in a 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