'Gallant' Briton killed in terrorist attack gave up place on helicopter
The coroner said Mawer put women and children first on a rescue helicopter and later refused an armoured vehicle before the convoy attack that killed him.
- On Thursday, Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg ruled British contractor Philip Mawer was "unlawfully killed" during a 2021 terrorist siege in Palma, Mozambique, after he heroically prioritized evacuating women, children, and the sick.
- Mawer, a 58-year-old manager for TotalEnergies, was caught in the March 2021 assault by Islamic State-linked militants that killed an estimated 1,400 people in Palma.
- During the siege at the Amarula Hotel, Mawer twice declined evacuation opportunities to assist others, eventually dying when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his vehicle during an escape convoy attempt.
- Mawer's brothers Bill and Mark expressed disappointment the inquest did not assign corporate responsibility to TotalEnergies subsidiary TEPMA1, which faced accusations of refusing fuel for rescue efforts.
- Metropolitan Police investigators described the Palma assault as the "biggest terrorist attack since 9/11," while TotalEnergies resumed its $20 billion liquefied natural gas project after temporarily suspending operations.
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Great Yorkshire Radio'Gallant' Briton killed in terrorist attack gave up place on helicopter
Philip Mawer was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack by Al-Shabaab militants in Mozambique, as he tried to flee a hotel infiltrated by insurgents.
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Philip Mawer was "unlawfully killed" after refusing to escape by helicopter, insisting women and children should be evacuated first, a coroner ruled. Coroner Jason Pegg told an English inquest that despite being caught in the unrest, Mawer had the "character, the gallantry" to put others before himself. The siege at the hotel where Mawer and scores of others were stranded came after fighters affiliated to the Islamic State group attacked Mozambi…
The Independent
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Radio France Internationale
UK man died putting women, children first in Mozambique jihadist siege: coroner
Coroner Jason Pegg told an English inquest that despite being caught in the unrest, Philip Mawer had the "character, the gallantry" to put others before himself. The siege at the hotel where Mawer and scores of others were stranded came after fighters affiliated to the Islamic State group attacked the northern port city of Palma in March 2021. Mawer, from Shaftesbury in southwestern England, had been based in Mozambique for 18 months, managing t…
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