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More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed election results, police say.<\/p>\n
Thirty-three people were killed and 15 injured in clashes with guards, police chief Bernardino Rafael told a press conference.<\/p>\n
About 150 more fugitives have since been recaptured, he added.<\/p>\n
Protests erupted on Monday in response to Mozambique’s highest court confirming that the ruling Frelimo party, in power since 1975, had won October’s presidential elections.<\/p>\n
Mr Rafael said groups of anti-government protesters had approached the prison in the capital Maputo on Wednesday. Prisoners used the unrest to knock down a wall and escape, he said.<\/p>\n
Mozambique has been rocked by unrest since disputed elections in October. Official results showed the ruling Frelimo’s candidate for president, Daniel Chapo, winning.<\/p>\n
Fresh protests erupted on Monday, when the constitutional court ruled that Chapo had won the election, while revising his margin of victory downwards.<\/p>\n
Initial results in October said Daniel Chapo gained a 71% share of the vote to his main rival Ven\u00e2ncio Mondlane’s 20%. The court has now ruled that he won 65% to Mondlane’s’s 24%.<\/p>\n