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'Intended Killings': Tanzania's Election Violence Ensnared Unsuspecting Victims
Security forces allegedly killed over 700 people in post-election violence amid claims of 'shoot to kill' orders and internet shutdowns, according to U.N. experts and witnesses.
- On October 31, around 8:30 p.m., policemen in the Mjimwema neighbourhood of Mwanza opened fire, ordering men in a cafe to lie down and shooting them, with a Reuters-verified video showing 13 bodies.
- Following the October 29 elections, President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared winner with nearly 98% of the vote amid violence sparked by exclusion of leading opposition candidates and arrests and alleged abductions of critics.
- Witnesses in Mwanza, Dar es Salaam and Arusha said officers shot civilians far from protests, while independent human rights experts appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council estimated at least 700 extrajudicial killings and authorities cut internet access for more than five days.
- Palamagamba Kabudi said the government has set up a commission of inquiry into election violence with findings to be published "in due course" and rejected claims of intentional brutality, while the U.S. government reviews its relationship following reports from the U.N. Human Rights Office.
- The U.N. Human Rights Office cited reports that bodies were moved to undisclosed locations, while Charles Kitima said, `We have witnessed lots of people killed in their houses. That’s why we say it was intended killings.
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'Intended killings': Tanzania's election violence ensnared unsuspecting victims
Around 8:30 p.m. on October 31, a group of policemen appeared in the Mjimwema neighbourhood of the Tanzanian city of Mwanza, where residents were running errands and drinking coffee. Without warning, they opened fire in different directions, triggering panic.
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