{{Libya’s acting ambassador to Tanzania, Mr Ismail Nwairat, is reported to have committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon inside the embassy offices in Upanga. }}
He had bullet wounds to the chest, according to a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs and international cooperation.
The body of the diplomat was slumped on his office desk, with blood spreading on the floor. The government statement indicated that he shot himself with a pistol at around 1pm.
“The information we have is that Mr Nwairat locked himself in the office and turned the pistol on himself,” said the ministry’s spokesperson Mkumbwa Ally in a statement to the media. “Security personnel broke down the door and found him lifeless.”
Mr Nwairat was declared dead at AMI hospital at Oysterbay. The body is at Muhimbili National Hospital, according to police. According to the ministry, the embassy is making plans to transport the body to Libya for burial.
The Tanzanian government said it would offer the necessary support.
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