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Basia Cummings
Editor, Tortoise Studios
Claudia Williams
Reporter and Producer
Matt Russell
Executive Producer, Slow Newscast
Karla Patella
Sound Designer
31 mins • S1, E1
The Attack
An Islamist insurgency hits the town of Palma, Mozambique. Nick and Wes, two South African contractors, race to the Amarula Hotel and take shelter – along with more than 200 civilians. Slowly, over three horrifying days, it becomes clear: no one is coming to help them.
46 mins • S1, E2
The Escape
The story of Wesley and his brother Adrian, who escape the Amarula Hotel in a car and are ambushed by insurgents as they race to safety.
34 mins • S1, E3
The betrayal
Nick Alexander tells the story of his torturous escape from the ambushed Amarula Hotel convoy – and the question left lying in the dust of the attack: who, really, abandoned them all?
24 mins • S1, E4
Return to the Amarula
Our three-part podcast Left to Die told the harrowing story of 200 civilians trapped in a hotel in Mozambique under siege by violent extremists. This week, in the Tortoise Slow Newscast, we're looking at what happened next.
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