Tanzania church attack: Saudis held for 'act of terror'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22425364?print=true
Eight people - including four Saudi nationals - have been arrested over an
explosion that killed two people at a church in the northern Tanzanian city
of Arusha on Sunday, police say.
President Jakaya Kikwete condemned the blast as an "act of terrorism".
No group has said it was behind the explosion, which left at least 50 people
wounded.
Militant attacks are relatively rare in Tanzania, unlike neighbouring Kenya
and Somalia.
Al-Qaeda-linked suicide bombers killed more than 200 people in simultaneous
attacks in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998.
Tanzania has seen a rise in sectarian violence between Christians and
Muslims in the past year.
There are no official records of religious affiliation in Tanzania so it is
not clear whether Muslims or Christians form the majority.
Arusha regional police commissioner Liberatus Sabas told the BBC that eight
people - four Saudis and four Tanzanians - had been arrested, as
investigations continue into the blast.
The explosion occurred at the official opening of the new Roman Catholic
church in the suburb of Olasiti in Arusha, which is mainly Christian.
The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania and the archbishop of Arusha were
attending, but were not hurt.
Eyewitnesses said a bomb had been thrown from a motorcycle, AP news agency
reports.
The attack happened despite heavy security presence in the area.
Mr Kikwete said he was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the blast.
"We are ready to deal with all criminals, including terrorists and their
agents, who are based in the country or externally," he added.
Last month, police in southern Tanzania used teargas to disperse about 200
Christian rioters attempting to set fire to a mosque following a dispute
over animal slaughtering.
In February, a Catholic priest was shot in the head on the largely Muslim
island of Zanzibar.
Last year Muslim cleric Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda was arrested over attacks on
churches, following rumours that a Christian boy had urinated on a copy of
the Koran.
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