Attacker kills three police and security guard near French embassy in Tanzania


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Aug 2021

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - An attacker wielding an assault rifle was shot dead after killing three police and an employee of a private security company near the French embassy in the Tanzanian commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said.

Hassan said on Twitter that the attacker had been "neutralised" and "calm has returned".

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