One of Mozambique’s richest women, Valentina Guebuza, has
been shot dead by her husband in a case of domestic violence, police said on
Thursday.
Zofino Muiuane was arrested after Mrs Guebuza was killed
at their home in the capital, Maputo, police said.
BBC said Mrs Guebuza, 36, is the daughter of Mozambique’s
ex-President Armando Guebuza, who ruled from 2005 to 2015.
She married Mr Muiuane at a lavish ceremony, attended by
regional leaders, in 2014.
While police said the shooting was a case of domestic
violence, they also said they were still investigating the motive.
Mr Muiuane, a manager at Mozambique’s first mobile phone
company M-Cel, has not yet been charged.
The killing has shocked many people and it is rare to
hear of domestic violence in wealthy and politically linked families in
Mozambique, says the BBC’s Jose Tembe in Maputo.
Mrs Guebuza became one of Mozambique’s wealthiest businesswomen
during her father’s presidency, our correspondent adds.
Business magazine Forbes listed her in 2013 as one of the
20 most powerful women in Africa.
She headed a family-owned investment holding company,
Focus 21 Management & Development, which has interests in sectors ranging
from telecommunications to mining.
Focus 21 has a significant stake in Chinese Pay TV
Company StarTimes’ operations in Mozambique.
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