• The motive of the attack is still not clear and authorities are yet to comment.
• The shooting occurred as President Samia Suluhu met police chiefs at a different location in Dar es Salaam.
There was a shootout near the French embassy in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam on Wednesday. https://bit.ly/3ygxz54
Two police officers and an unidentified shooter have been killed in an armed confrontation near the French embassy in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam.
The motive of the attack is not clear, but the country’s police chief Simon Sirro has confirmed the deaths.
“We’ve lost two officers… the shooter has been killed. We now work on finding his identity and where he’s coming from, and we will later hold a briefing," he said.
Eyewitness videos have been posted on social media showing the shooter:
#HABARI JESHI la Polisi limefanikiwa kumdhibiti mtu asiyefahamika ambae alikua anafyetua ovyo risasi hewani karibu na Ubalozi wa Ufaransa Jijini Dar es salaam.#NipasheMwangaWaJamii #NipasheHabari pic.twitter.com/LenvMt7v2O
— Nipashe Tanzania (@Nipashetz) August 25, 2021
Some show the moment he was taken down by a sniper bullet just a few meters from the front entrance of the French embassy.