| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa Subsaharan |
| Tanzanian Charged for Deadly Church Attack |
| 2013-05-15 |
| [An Nahar] A Tanzanian man has been charged with murder in connection with a deadly kaboom on a church in northern Tanzania that killed three people, police said Tuesday. Nine suspects were tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... following the May 5 kaboom in Arusha, police said, including five Tanzanians, three Emiratis and a Saudi. The four foreigners have been released without charge and left Tanzania, according to media in their respective countries. "Investigations conducted by detectives and in collaboration with other specialists such as the FBI and Interpol showed that the foreigners had no connection with the attack," said Arusha's police chief Liberatus Sabas. The attack was one of the worst such incidents to hit the east African country in years. One of the five Tanzanian suspects, Victor Ambrose "was brought before a court and charged with murder and attempted murder" on Monday, Sabas said in a statement. "The interrogation of other suspects continues," he added, noting a police reward of $30,000 (23,000 euros) for information. In addition to the three people killed in the blast, more than 60 people were maimed when attackers hurled a bomb into the compound of the newly built Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic church. Sabas said that 31 people remained in hospital. The kaboom, which no group has claimed, was described by Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete as "an act of terrorism". Officials have given no indication as to who might have carried out the attack, but tensions have been high between Tanzania's Christian and Musselmen communities in recent months. |
| Posted by:Fred |