Mozambique Palma attack: 'I had to pay a bribe to flee'

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People desperate to flee a town in northern Mozambique following a jihadist attack have had to pay bribes to leave after security forces set up roadblocks, trapping thousands, the BBC has been told.

There are growing fears of a humanitarian emergency in the area where aid agencies have not been given access.

Checkpoints surround the village of Quitunda near Palma, where more than 20,000 people sheltered in the days after the strategic town was overrun by jihadist militants.

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