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Ranger wounded in insurgent attack rescued from Niassa reserve after three-day ordeal

Mario Cristóvão lay wounded in the bush with gunshot wounds in both legs before he was found and evacuated

One of the survivors of the Islamic State (IS) attack on the Mariri conservation centre in the Niassa Special Reserve has been released from intensive care after a harrowing ordeal in which he was wounded and spent three days hiding in the bush awaiting rescue.

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