In one of the week’s most shocking developments, Dom Osório Citora Afonso, the bishop of the Diocese of Quelimane, was shot dead during an invasion of his official residence in the early hours of Saturday. The attack took place in the city of Quelimane, in Mozambique’s Zambézia province.
Details remain scarce, but the murder of a senior religious figure inside an episcopal residence has sent shockwaves through the country and the broader Catholic community. Mozambique has been wracked by instability and armed violence in recent years, particularly in its northern provinces, and the killing raises urgent questions about the security of even the most prominent public figures.
