What the records say
- When
- 7 Apr 2020
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 52
- Coordinates
- 11.78° S, 39.90° E
- Description
- 2020 mass murder in Mozambique
Placed at the point Wikidata gives for Muidumbe District.
Xitaxi massacre
2020 mass murder in Mozambique
On April 7, 2020, jihadists from Islamic State – Central Africa Province in Mozambique killed at least fifty-two young civilians in Xitaxi, Muidumbe District, Mozambique after the young men of the village refused to join the group. The massacre was one of the deadliest massacres perpetrated by Mozambique's cell of the Islamic State.
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