Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests

FILE PHOTO: Locals queue before casting their votes during the general elections in Inhambane, in southern Mozambique, October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling on Saturday, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result.

New opposition party Podemos and its presidential aspirant Venancio Mondlane reject provisional results showing a likely win for Frelimo - the party that has ruled Mozambique for half a century - and its candidate Daniel Chapo.