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10 Oct 2023

Author:
Radio France Internationale

Mozambique: Families of victims of terrorist attack sue TotalEnergies for 'involuntary manslaughter' by allegedly failing to adopt preventive measure

"Victims take TotalEnergies to court over terror attack in Mozambique"

Victims and their families have filed a complaint against French company TotalEnergies for "involuntary manslaughter and failure to assist a person in danger" following a jihadist attack in Palma, Mozambique in 2021. Some employees of the company were among the more than 1,000 killed or missing. Seven survivors and relatives of victims of a jihadist attack in Mozambique announced on Monday that they had filed a complaint against TotalEnergies for "involuntary manslaughter and failure to provide assistance to a person in danger".

The French oil group, which was then leading a mega-gas project in the region, is accused of acts of negligence and of not having ensured the safety of its subcontractors during the attack on Palma, claimed by the group Islamic State, in March 2021Mozambique reported around thirty victims but the exact number of victims of the attack remain unknown. According to Alexander Perry, an independent journalist who investigated for five months in Palma between November 2022 and March 2023, the toll is 1,402 civilians dead or missing, including 55 subcontractors of the Total group.

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