Wednesday ” Aug” 25″ 2021″ Associated Press
Three police officers, a security guard, and an unidentified shooter have been killed in an armed confrontation near the French Embassy in the Tanzania capital Dar es Salaam.
Security forces killed the assailant involved in the shooting incident near the Embassy of France located along Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, in Dar es Salaam, Aug. 25.Officials also announced that the attacker had already shot dead four security officers.
The motive for the attack and the identity of the assailant is unclear.The President of the United Republic of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan sent a message of condolences to the families of security officers.“I offer my condolences to the Police Force and the families of 3 Soldiers, and 1 SGA Soldier who lost their lives after an armed man attacked them in the Salenda area, Dar es Salaam,”
The President said.“The person is controlled and the situation is calm. I instruct the Police to investigate in detail.”There have been no reports of additional assailants or an ongoing threat in the area.
Heightened security is almost certain in the impact area in the coming hours. Officials may close nearby roads to carry out the investigation
Business and embassy disruptions are also likely in the impacted area. The area hosts various embassies.While Dar es Salaam has not experienced a major terrorist attack since the 1998 US Embassy bombing, the port city faces a credible threat due to the risk emanating from
Tanzania’s president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle with an armed man near the French Embassy in Dar es Salaam.
It was not immediately clear whether the shootout in the heavily guarded diplomatic area was a terror attack. Inspector general of police Simon Sirro told reporters the armed man was a foreigner and police believe he was from Somalia. Sirro also warned the attack could be linked to the jihadist insurgency in neighboring Mozambique, where a growing number of African nations are jointly pursuing the fighters.
壯陽藥 – wp:paragraph {“kioblocks”:[]} –>The confrontation occurred shortly after President Samia Suluhu Hassan addressed security officials in another part of the city, Tanzania’s commercial hub. The president later said three police officers, a member of the auxiliary police and the armed man were killed, and she ordered an investigation.
The U.S. Embassy in a security alert warned citizens to avoid the area. The shootout occurred not far from the scene of the deadly bombing in 1998 at the U.S. Embassy.
