Mozambique policemen jailed for Covid-row killing
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The officers beat to death a young man in a dispute related to Covid-19 restriction in 2020.
Two police officers in Mozambique have been sentenced to jail - one for six years, the other for two years - for beating to death a young man in a dispute related to Covid-19 restrictions.
According to the sentence handed down by a court in the central province of Sofala, the two must also pay compensation of around $16,000 (£13,000) to the family of the victim, who was in his twenties.
He was killed in 2020 when the two police officers were trying to disperse a group of children playing football in the central port city of Beira, where a state of emergency was in place because of the pandemic.
The victim took photos of them, which angered the officers who then attacked him.
For the victim's family lawyer, Cremildo João, justice has been served - though in his words, nothing brings back the life that was lost.
