A foreign aid worker was murdered in the town of Gode on April 1. Lourenco Mutaca, a Mozambican working with the U.N. High Commission of Refugees, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen. A few days later the government announced that two individuals suspected of the murder have been apprehended. After the
incident, U.N. officials had told all staff working in Gode and other towns in the area to leave.