TotalEnergies face probe over jihadist attack

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into TotalEnergies over potential manslaughter and a failure to assist people in danger during a jihadist attack in Mozambique, the energy firm said. News24 reports that Islamist insurgents attacked the port city of Palma in March 2021, killing many civilians in areas close to Mozambican gas infrastructure projects owned in part by TotalEnergies. Survivors and relatives of victims filed a complaint in France in late 2023, saying the company had failed to ensure the safety of subcontractors. That led prosecutors to launch a preliminary inquiry. ‘TotalEnergies has been informed of the opening of a judicial investigation into the Mozambique terrorist attacks of March 2021,’ the company said on Saturday. It said it ‘categorically rejects these accusations’. The judicial investigation will determine whether or not there are grounds to send TotalEnergies to court. French media earlier reported the probe was being overseen by prosecutors at Nanterre just outside Paris.

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