More than 4Â 000 unexploded weapons collected after the Malhazine armoury blasts will be destroyed at Moamba in Mozambique on Monday, Vista News reported.
In its online Monday edition the daily Noticias said that more than 4Â 000 unexploded arms, which were collected from townships near the armoury, would be destroyed in Xinonanyeleti area of Moamba district, west of Maputo.
The paper said the exercise, set to take place just before midday, would be carried out by the Mozambican army (FADM) assisted by specialists from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).
It could be extended for some days.
The Ministry of Defence had said that the exercise would be carried out under ”strict security measures”.
The ministry had also called on the residents of Moamba district not to panic when the blasts started.
Malhazine armoury, the FADM’s main armoury, went up in smoke on March 22 when what the army termed ”obsolete” arms exploded, allegedly from intense heat.
The explosions, which went on for more than three hours, resulted in the death of 102 people and injured more than 500.
More than 40 still remain hospitalised, while five children have been referred to South Africa for specialised treatment.
More than 750 families lost their homes and properties and most of them are housed in tents while other continued to sleep in the open.
President Armando Guebuza declared three days of national mourning and named a commission of inquiry, expected to report this week.
Critics and foreign military analysts have blamed blasts on negligence. — Sapa