Islamist militants have seized control of the northern Mozambique town of Palma, near a huge gas project involving French oil major Total and other international energy companies, security sources said on Saturday. Militants attacked the town in northern province of Cabo Delgado on Wednesday, forcing nearly 200 people including foreign oil workers to be evacuated from a hotel where they had sought refuge. "Government forces have withdrawn from Palma so the town has been taken," one security source said. Another source confirmed militants had taken the town though fighting in the area was ongoing. str-ger/pma/spm