{"id":34870,"date":"2017-05-30T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/man-stabs-six-including-tourists-in-zanzibar\/"},"modified":"2017-05-30T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T10:44:08","slug":"man-stabs-six-including-tourists-in-zanzibar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/man-stabs-six-including-tourists-in-zanzibar\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabs six including tourists in Zanzibar"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Six people in Zanzibar, including four foreign tourists, were stabbed and lightly injured by a young man at a restaurant in the capital of the east African archipelago, police said.}<\/p>\n

Police spokesman Hassan Nassir Ali said the attack took place on Sunday evening as the restaurant bustled with patrons breaking their Ramadan fast on the semi-autonomous, predominantly Muslim archipelago off the coast of Tanzania.<\/p>\n

“The attacker, aged between 20 and 25, entered the restaurant and stabbed the people before running away,” he said, adding that investigations indicated the suspect “has a mental disorder, caused by use of drugs.”<\/p>\n

“We are still hunting for the suspect before we can give details. We do not think it is related to terrorism, but it is bad for our tourism industry,” said Ali.<\/p>\n

{{Knife attack }} <\/p>\n

Eyewitness Omar Hassan described how a man armed with a knife stormed into the Lukman restaurant in the capital Stone Town armed with a knife and attacked one local person and three foreign tourists “who were here for dinner.”<\/p>\n

“After the attack which caused panic in the restaurant, the attacker also stabbed two other people while running away,” said Hassan.<\/p>\n

The police spokesman said the injured included a Canadian man who was injured around his mouth, two German women aged 20 and 24, who both sustained head injuries, and a 66-year-old French woman who had a stab wound near her eye.<\/p>\n

All have been released from hospital except the French woman.<\/p>\n

{{Tensions }} <\/p>\n

The injuries of the two Tanzanians were not detailed.<\/p>\n

Zanzibar has experienced sectarian and political tensions in recent years \u2014 including grenade explosions \u2014 with the unrest affecting the key tourism industry.<\/p>\n

In 2013 two British tourists and a Catholic priest were doused with acid in a series of attacks blamed on radical Islamists with ties to Somalia’s Al-Shabaab, as the archipelago sees rising radicalisation.<\/p>\n

Tourism is the main foreign currency earner for Zanzibar, famed for its white-sand beaches and historical buildings in Stone Town, listed as a world heritage site by Unesco.<\/p>\n

“A thorough investigation must be conducted to find out whether the attacker really has mental problems and why he targeted the tourists,” said Tourism Minister Rashid Juma.<\/p>\n

\"Zanzibar<\/figure>\n

Source:AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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