WARNING TO MOZAMBIQUE TOURISTS May 21, 2008
Posted by frostygirl in News.trackback
Warning to would be tourists intending to travel through Mozambique by vehicle this is serious so take note.
Some people cannot afford to bury their dead in Mozambique so they have resorted to very scary tactics to get their dead buried.
What they do is they take the body of a dead relative to the side of the road and hide in the bushes and when they see an unsuspecting tourist in a vehicle coming towards them they toss the body in front of the vehicle at the very last moment, causing the vehicle to drive over the body. When the person stops they are accused of killing their relative and there being no way to prove otherwise the tourist is held responsible and accountable for the loss of life.
They have to then arrange to transport all the family members from miles away to the victims residence and have to pay all the costs for travelling, supply food and pay for accommodation and bare the full costs of the funeral, coffin, etc. The whole procedure can take between 1 and 2 weeks to complete.
This is a very scary position to be in because if you do not cooperate you can be charged with manslaughter and spend jail time in a very bad prison environment in Africa.
I do not know what advice to give here, will it help just to continue driving on as if you did not see, hear or feel that you have driven over a person and allow them to catch the next tourist? I don’t know! You stand no chance of winning if you do stop as the police are corrupt and biased towards the local people.
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