The Foreign Ministry confirmed authorities are questioning six American medical missionaries, a Briton and a South African captured last week after entering the country illegally from Malawi, the state-run news agency AIM said Monday.

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The news agency identified the Briton as Peter Hammond, a resident of South Africa, and said he was "actively involved in destabilization against the independent states of the region" and a staunch supporter of right-wing Mozambican guerrillas.

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