Tanzania's Inspector General of Police, Simon Sirro |
Our
Correspondent, MTWARA Tanzania
Unknown gunmen have killed six Tanzanians and wounded seven others
near the border with Mozambique, the east African nation's Director of Criminal
Investigation, Robert Boaz, said on Wednesday.
"The
Tanzanians were killed in a border village of Ngongo in Tandahimba district in
Mtwara region on Tuesday night," Boaz told a news conference in the Mtwara
municipality.
He
said the victims were shot dead by the gunmen suspected to have crossed over to
Tanzania from neighbouring Mozambique, adding that the seven injured were
receiving treatment at Tandahimba district government hospital.
Boaz
said Tanzanian police in collaboration with other security organs have launched
a manhunt for the killers.
"We
will make sure that the killers are arrested and face the full force of the
law," said Boaz.
In June, gunmen from an Islamist
militant armed group operating in Cabo Delgado killed 11 people in northern
Mozambique near its border with Tanzania.
Impoverished Cabo Delgado,
surrounded by dense forests and isolated villages, houses a growing number of
multinational companies developing one of the biggest offshore gas finds in a
decade - estimated to be worth at least $30 billion.
The attacks have mostly targeted
civilians and government buildings. But in February U.S. energy giant Anadarko
said one worker was killed and several others injured in two attacks near the
construction site for its massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the province.
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