"Islamists behead more than 50 people on a football pitch in Mozambique then chop the bodies to pieces after abducting female villagers" at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8932787/Islamists-behead-50-people-football-pitch-Mozambique.html states;
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Victims were killed and their bodies dismembered on an 'execution grounds'
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Other villagers were caught and killed as they tried to escape the massacre
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The massacre is the latest in growing wave of violence by ISIS-linked extremists
Jihadists have caused havoc in the province over the past three years, ravaging villages and towns as part of their insurgency in the province of Cabo Delgado.
The gas-rich northern province is home to $60billion worth of energy developments, but the region's mostly Muslim inhabitants have seen little of the money and the area is feared to be a recruiting ground for extremists.
In March, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack just south of some of the gas projects being developed by the likes of Exxon Mobil and Total.
The UK is thought to be providing a loan of up to £1billion for one gas pipeline project in the African country.
The militants have stepped up their offensive in recent months and violently seized swathes of territory, terrorising citizens in the process.
In April, jihadists shot dead and beheaded more than 50 youths for allegedly refusing to join their ranks.