{"id":5268,"date":"2018-02-17T15:05:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2018-02-17T15:05:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T12:05:03","slug":"tanzanias-opposition-accuse-police-of-killing-student-nit-university-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unistoretz.com\/magazine\/tanzanias-opposition-accuse-police-of-killing-student-nit-university-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania&#8217;s opposition accuse police of killing student( NIT University Student)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania&#8217;s main opposition party Saturday accused police of shooting dead a female university student and seriously injuring at least four other people while trying to disperse a peaceful demonstration in the country&#8217;s commercial capital Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n<p>YOU CAN READ IN SWAHILI VIA PDF FILE<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"3464335665\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first-year university student, whose name and photo has circulated on social media, was hit by a bullet while on a bus on Friday the day before a fiercely contested parliamentary by-election in the city&#8217;s Kinondoni constituency, an opposition spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to information at our disposal at the moment, a young girl who was not part of our group was killed by a bullet that hit her,&#8221; said Vincent Mashinji, secretary general of main opposition party Chadema.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said police used tear gas and fired live ammunition in an attempt to stop hundreds of Chadema party members from marching towards a local Electoral Commission office. A number of party members were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In our ranks, the police have arrested many people, I cannot say how many at the moment. There are at least four seriously wounded who have been hospitalised,&#8221; said Mashinji<br \/>\nDOWNLOAD PDF FILE TO READ MORE&gt;&gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- linkAD.2 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4564014896468666\" data-ad-slot=\"3390598296\" data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"httpsss:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1e2eb4zraxUWRFpEZUl45uzXBzCcgaRl5\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe violence began after Chadema tried to march to the Electoral Commission to demand accreditation for its nominees to have observer status at the by-election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was not until after dark, after the bloodshed, that the Commission has given authorisation to our observers,&#8221; said Mashinji, adding that representatives of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party had received accreditation many days earlier.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"httpss:\/\/www.thecitizen.co.tz\/image\/view\/-\/4308624\/highRes\/1887275\/-\/maxw\/600\/-\/tu9q64\/-\/STUDENT+PIC.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week Chadema said a local party leader, Daniel John, was kidnapped, tortured and then beaten to death after men bundled him into a car.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017, senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu was shot several times at his home in the capital Dodoma.<\/p>\n<p>Chadema accused the ruling party of being behind that attack, claims rejected by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who came to power in 2015 as a corruption-fighting &#8220;man of the people&#8221;, has been increasingly criticised over his authoritarian leadership style, with a clampdown on the opposition, journalists and artists.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Tanzania&#8217;s Catholic church accused Magufuli&#8217;s government of violating democratic norms by limiting freedom of expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania&#8217;s main opposition party Saturday accused police of shooting dead a female university student and seriously injuring at least four other people while trying to disperse a peaceful demonstration in the country&#8217;s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. 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