LILONGWE, Malawi, April 6- Mozambican President Armando Guebuza(pic) declared in this Malawian on Thursday that the Mozambican people should no longer live in fear. He was reacting to the clashes earlier in the day between armed members of the former rebel movement Renamo, and a unit of the riot police, in the small town of Muxunngue in the central province of Sofala, Mozambican news agency AIM reported.
The known death toll from the shoot-out, according to Chibabava district administrator Arnaldo Machoe, is five – four policemen and the local Renamo commander, Rasta Mazembe. Machoe said that the clashes began when armed Renamo members attacked a riot police position at about 3 a.m on Thursday.
The shooting went on until about 4.30 a.m. The population of Muxungue fled from their homes, and the only establishment in the town that continued functioning was Muxungue Rural Hospital.
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