After a terror attack in Mozambique last week, more than 50 South African nationals are reported missing.

“South Africa is concerned about the security situation at Cabo Delgado in the northern part of Mozambique, and remains seized with the safety of South Africans in that province,”the Ministry’s Head of Communications Siphiwe Dlamini in a statement on Saturday.

“The government can confirm that, with the exception of one person who died tragically in violence, more than 50 South Africans who were reported missing through the South African High Commission in Maputo have been accounted for,” Dlamini added.

He further said that the South African National Defence is bringing back citizens who want to return home.

On March 30, the South African Air force carried back the body of the deceased with his family.

The attack started on March 24 when about 100 insurgents entered the strategically important town of Palma in the volatile Cabo Delgado province.

Dozens of people have been killed while thousands of others were trying to flee the area by foot, boat and road, according to the UN agency.

The Islamic State terror group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, says it has taken control of Palma and killed more than 55 Mozambican security forces.

The people in the oil-rich Cabo Delago province have been suffering from brutal terror attacks for the past three years in a boiling conflict that has cost an estimated 2,500 lives to date.