| Muatide massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | |
| Location | Muatide football field, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique |
| Date | November 6-8, 2020 |
Attack type | Beheading |
| Deaths | 50+ |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State - Central Africa Province |
Between November 6 and 8, 2020, jihadist militants from Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah (ASWJ)[note 1] executed over fifty civilians in the village of Muatide. The massacre took place four days into the group's occupation of the town, and many of the victims were undergoing male initiation rites. The bodies of residents from other occupied villages were brought to the football field in the town, and ASWJ fighters hunted down remaining civilians that had fled into the bush.
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