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Mozambique gives residents until December to surrender illegal weapons
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo says people have until December to hand in illegally held firearms.
A police amnesty means people who surrender weapons before it expires will not be questioned, punished or detained.
After the deadline, police will forcibly collect illegal weapons.
Chapo made the announcement at a ceremony marking the end of a special police operations training course.
He also urged officers to act professionally, obey the law and respect human rights.
He called for closer cooperation among police and other security forces to tackle crimes including trafficking, kidnapping, organised crime and cybercrime.
In Cabo Delgado province, an insurgency has continued since 2017, and Chapo said the security situation had improved over the past two years.
However, a UN expert said in August that attacks on civilians had become more frequent, severe and widespread over the previous year.
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo said illegally held weapons will be forcibly collected after a police amnesty programme expires in December.
Residents who surrender their firearms before the deadline will not be questioned, punished or detained, he said.
Chapo made the remarks on Sunday at the closing ceremony for a special operations training course.
He called on police to act with discipline and respect the law and human rights.
- Who
- Mozambique residents holding firearms illegally, and the country’s police.
- What
- Residents have until December to surrender illegal weapons under an amnesty; weapons not surrendered will be forcibly collected after the programme expires.
- When
- The amnesty expires in December. Chapo announced the deadline on Sunday.
- Where
- Mozambique.
- Why
- The amnesty gives residents a chance to hand over firearms without being questioned, punished or detained; the president said weapons would be collected after the deadline.
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Specialisation does not place you above the law. On the contrary, the greater the operational capacity of a force, the greater its discipline must be
Chapo warned that illegally held weapons would be forcibly collected after the amnesty expires.
The police amnesty programme is due to expire.
Police will forcibly collect illegally held weapons that have not been surrendered.
- Deadline
- December
- Amnesty terms
- No questioning, punishment or detention for residents who surrender firearms before the deadline
- Enforcement
- Illegally held weapons will be forcibly collected after the amnesty expires
- Speaker
- Daniel Chapo, president of Mozambique
- Announcement venue
- Closing ceremony for a special operations training course
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