Dar-es-Salaam: At least eight people, most of them Indian nationals, were injured in a bomb blast in a restaurant in Tanzania’s northern tourism city of Arusha, witnesses said yesterday.
The restaurant, which is popular with Indians, is located in a posh area close to Gymkhana and Sekei areas of Arusha.
Juma Bakari, one of the witnesses, said the bomb was hurled into the restaurant at around 10.30pm Monday by unknown people, according to Xinhua.
“I was moving on the roadside before the bomb exploded. It was a very horrifying incident. I had to run away to save my life,” he said. Other people close to the restaurant said they heard a bomb explosion from the area, which caused panic.
It is not clear about the exact number of people who were inside the restaurant, as police in Arusha declined to comment on the incident.
“We are still investigating the matter, so I am not in a position to say anything,” Liberatus Sabas, Arusha’s regional police commander, said. Paul Kisanga, acting chief physician at the Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre confirmed that eight people, mostly Indians, were admitted to the medical facility Monday night at around 11pm. IANS
