Authorities in the southern Mbeya region arrested Iqbal Ahsan Ali, a British man wanted by the UK on terrorism charges. He was carrying a fake Tanzanian passport along with a valid British one. A growing Islamist movement in Tanzania with links to Shabaab has authorities concerned.
Authorities arrested four Saudis and four Tanzanians suspected of involvement in a bomb attack Sunday on a church in Arusha in which two people were killed and 60 more injured. The four Saudis had arrived at an airport near Arusha on Saturday and were detained while trying to slip across the border into Kenya.
A bomb attack at a newly-built Catholic church in the northern town of Arusha killed one person and wounded at least 44 more. The attack occurred while the Vatican’s ambassador to Tanzania was attending the official opening of the church, but he was not harmed. The bomb was thrown by a motorcyclist, who has been […]
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