Border incident shortens Bingu's trip to Mozambique?

According to Mozambican papers, Bingu has had to cut short his trip to Mozambique because of the incident in which Malawi police attacked and destroyed a Mozambican police station in the province of Niassa. A headline in Mozambican paper suggested that the incident had overshadowed the visit of the President of Malawi. Bingu is reported to have been “forced ro rush home” to find out more about the about an alleged attack at a police barracks in Malawi,

Local journalists intepreted the absence of President Quebuza at the farewell ceremony as indication of Mozambiqcan displeasure. However the Minister of Foreigm Affairs who stood in for the Present said that the sudden change of schedule had made it imposible for Quebuza to be at the airport.

In an impromptu press conference a few meters from the presidential airplane, Bingo Wa Mutharika, said he decided to return "in a hurry" to consult with with his defense team and find out what happened. “I will return home early because I must also inform Guebuza my brother the results of the information I collect, "said Bingo Mutarika Wa. Bingu who declared the incident "a clear misunderstanding caused by individuals who acted on their own account." He hoped that for his next visit he would have more time to even go fishing. This was intepreted as an attempt to play down the incident and loosen the tension.
The Mozambican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oldemiro Balo, who replaced the head of state in the farewell ceremony for the President of Malawi, acknowledged that the destruction of the barracks of the Border Guard Force had been the "main event" of the visit of Bingo Wa Mutarika.

"The moment the incident happened was bad, when  the President was here.. but we put it in its proper perspective. It was just an incident," stressed Oldemiro

(Free translation from Portuguese version)