Gunmen kill seven in attack on Tanzanian
police station
Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:41pm BST
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Gunmen killed
seven people and seized weapons and
ammunition in a raid on a police station in
Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam,
police said on Monday.
The attack took place on Sunday night near
Tanzania's main airport. "A group of unknown
people shot dead four police officers and three
civilians at the police station," Ernest Mangu,
Tanzania's police chief, told journalists.
He said the assailants had posed as civilians
seeking assistance. Police were yet to
establish who was behind the attack and to
work out their motive.
Unknown attackers have been seizing weapons
such as sub-machine guns in a series of raids
on police stations across Tanzania over the
past few years.
Tanzania has not seen any significant militant
attacks lately, but security forces in east
Africa are on alert following a spate of strikes
by al Shabaab militants, especially in Kenya.
(Reporting by Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala; Editing
by Mark Trevelyan)
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