The lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for presidential elections, was gunned down in Maputo on October 14, 2024. The lawyer, Elvino Dias, was killed along with another candidate, Paulo Guambe, from the Podemos party backing Mondlane. Two gunmen shot up their car while it was immobile on a road. Podemos head Albino Forquilha confirmed the killings, while the national lawyers' association expressed "deep shock" at Dias's death. — AFP
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