RENAMO's brutal tactics quickly earned it a negative reputation among much of Mozambique's population who referred to them as "Armed Bandits" and endorsed beatings against them, even pressuring the military into a public execution of four RENAMO rebels in 1983
Mchitidwe wankhanza wa RENAMO udapangitsa kuti adziwike ndi mbiri yoipa pakati pa anthu ambiri aku Mozambique omwe amawatcha 'zigawenga za zida' ndipo anthu anavomereza kumenyedwa kwawo, ngakhalenso kukakamiza asirikali kuti aphe zigawenga zinayi za RENAMO mu 1983