A prominent constitutional lawyer has been shot outside a cafe in the Mozambican capital, Maputo.
Giles Cistac has been a central figure in a sensitive debate about autonomy for Mozambique's provinces and the decentralisation of power.
He has said that such a move - backed by the opposition Renamo party - would not be unconstitutional.
A Maputo Central Hospital spokesman said Mr Cistac has been admitted with bullet wounds to his chest and abdomen.
A spokesman for President Filipe Nyusi said the government considered the shooting a "macabre act" and strongly condemned it.
The law professor was a "very important figure" in Mozambique's society and the interior ministry had been urged to find the gunmen and punish them, Antonio da Costa Gaspar told reporters.
"Until then, we urge the health professionals to do everything they can in order to save this life," he said.
A hospital spokesman told state-run Televisao de Mozambique that the lawyer was undergoing surgery.
Mozambique lawyer shot outside cafe
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