(MISA/IFEX) – On 3 November 2003, freelance German journalist Fritz Stark was threatened, assaulted and had his equipment confiscated by unknown assailants in Quelimane, the capital of Zambézia province, in Mozambique’s central region. Stark, aged 38, has been working in Mozambique for about two years. Shortly before the assault, he was taking photographs of a […]
(MISA/IFEX) – On 3 November 2003, freelance German journalist Fritz Stark was threatened, assaulted and had his equipment confiscated by unknown assailants in Quelimane, the capital of Zambézia province, in Mozambique’s central region.
Stark, aged 38, has been working in Mozambique for about two years. Shortly before the assault, he was taking photographs of a march of the Madgermanes, former Mozambican migrant workers in the now-defunct German Democratic Republic (GDR). The protestors reportedly took issue with Stark and unsuccessfully attempted to confiscate his camera equipment.
That same evening, however, Stark was sleeping at the Catholic Church in Quelimane when unidentified individuals branding weapons demanded money and all his equipment.
A docket has been opened with the Mozambican police.
