Over 180 people trapped in Mozambique hotel after ISIL attack

Several people reportedly dead after attack in Palma near a liquified natural gas site in Cabo Delgado province.

More than 180 people including foreign workers are trapped inside a hotel in a northern Mozambique town under siege for three days by fighters linked to the ISIL (ISIS) group, workers and security sources said Friday. Several people were dead, according to witnesses and a rights group, after the attack in Palma near a liquified natural gas (LNG) site in Cabo Delgado province. French oil giant Total is the principal investor in the $20bn project – Africa’s largest – with six other international firms including ExxonMobil involved in the area.