The chief criminal investigator denied that the recent arrest of extremist cleric Ponda Issa Ponda is linked to an acid attack on two British schoolgirls last week. Ponda’s family disputes the official account of his arrest and is conducting its own investigation. The Dar es Salaam police issued a reward for information leading to the arrest of persons involved in a series of acid attacks.
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