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ISIS ‘seize control’ of Mozambique city after slaughtering 55 expats including Brits

ISIS has claimed it has “seized control” of the Mozambique city of Palma after 55 expats including Brits were slaughtered during a bloody reign of terror. The city of 75,000 people in Cabo Delgado was all but deserted on Monday as residents fled in panic after ISIS-linked militants launched their attack last Wednesday. "The caliphate's soldiers seized the strategic town of Palma," ISIS claimed in a statement posted on its Telegram channels. Palma is just six miles from a multi-billion-dollar gas project being built by France’s Total as well as other energy giants. Many survivors said they had walked for days through forest to find safety in Mueda, 112 miles to the south. "Many people fell from fatigue and were unable to continue walking, especially the elderly and children," one escapee, who did not want to be named, in Mueda told AFP. Others fled to the gas project site, where they are being sent on to the regional capital Pemba. A brave Brit contractor who shot dead two ISIS militants with an AK47 during the massacre and then hid out in the jungle grinned as he was pictured being rescued. Nick Alexander, a dual British-South African citizen, spent two nights crawling through bushland before being picked up with his colleague, Niraj Ramlagan, by South African mercenaries at the weekend. Continue reading ISIS ‘seize control’ of Mozambique city after slaughtering 55 expats including Brits in bloody reign of terror https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1449194... From Brexit breaking news to HD movie trailers, The Sun newspaper brings you the latest news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world. Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk Like The Sun on Facebook:   / thesun   Follow The Sun on Twitter:   / thesun   Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat:   / 1633225139