Tanzania Invites FBI to Boost Probe into Arusha Bomb Strikes

{{Tanzanian police have invited detectives from the US and Kenya to boost investigations into recent grenade attacks in Arusha.}}

Since the Soweto blast, on June 15, no major breakthrough in the investigation has been reported, even as pressure from the public piled against the security agencies to show results of their act.

Arusha Regional Police Commander Lebaratus Sabas confirmed Wednesday that members of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) were on the ground to help unravel the mysteries surrounding the explosions.

“Police are continuing with the Soweto grounds grenade attack, but we have invited the FBI and Kenyan police to also work closely with us as we try to piece information together,” Mr Sabas told a press briefing in the city.

But the opposition Chadema Secretary-General Willibrod Slaa scoffed at the move and said it would not yield any useful results.

“There is nothing new as it is not the first time that FBI have been mentioned in many other internal investigations,” said Dr Slaa.

He said the opposition party stood by its earlier stance that the police were suspects and that they were still hoping an independent judicial inquest would be formed to investigate the Arusha bomb blast.

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