Nampula City, Mozambique, Mozambique

http://www.ldh.org.mz/index.php/en/projects-and-research/trafficking-body-parts The LDH (Liga Moçambicana dos Direitos Humanos or Human Right’s League, Mozambique) conducted an interview in Nampula City with the family of a victim. The victim, “Mary” disappeared on a Friday in March, 2007. Her family found her uniform and scarf hanging on a shrub and discovered her body in the bushes nearby. The body was severely mutilated and had started decaying. It is believed the killers grabbed her while she was walking on the road, carried her about 300 meters inside the bushes, cut her throat, opened her stomach and took her genital organs, eyes, heart, tongue and breasts. The family has no opinion about the motives for this murder. Excerpt from the Interview: LDH1: And afterwards, did you have any information about the person that did that, was he or she caught?? Victim’s Brother-in-Law: We had no information.

Location

Mozambique · Nampula City, Mozambique · 2007 (location generalized to protect survivors)

Response & intervention

LDH1: Besides the genital organs, was anything else removed? Victim’s Brother-in-Law: Eyes, heart and everything, breasts also […] The Police Station and the local structures gave orders to bury the body. Because there was no way of moving the body, a grave was dug there and the body was buried there. LDH1: And afterwards, did you have any information about the person that did that, was he or she caught?? Victim’s Brother-in-Law: We had no information. LDH3: But was there a Doctor? Victim’s Brother-in-Law: Yes, the Police Team and the Health Team.

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