The South African National Defence Forces is investigating the extent of injuries to personnel and loss of equipment following and ambush in neighbouring Mozambique on Monday.
The troops were deployed in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province to help fight insurgency. Thandi Modise, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans sent messages of condolences to the bereaved family.
Around 1500 South African troops were deployed in Mozambique earlier this year as part of the Southern African Development Community mission following insurgency in Mozambique.
SANDF said its troops came under the attack from insurgency during an ambush around an area east of Xai village. They managed to fight through the ambush but they were attacked again.
One of their members was shot while they were waiting for an SANDF chopper.
The insurgency in Northern Mozambique became active in 2018 and they claimed their first attack against the Mozambican forces in 2019. Many attacks came in 2020 and 2021 as bandits attacked villages killing many civilians.
