{{Tanzanian police has reportedly detained four members of parliament of the main opposition Chadema party and 60 supporters in Arusha as they gathered to pay tribute to murdered colleagues.}}
Police said they had detained them on a charge of “illegal assembly”.
“We managed to get our hands on four Chadema deputies,” Tanzanian police operations chief Paul Chagonja told reporters.
They were still trying to find Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe, who they held responsible for the gathering, he added.
Organisers of Tuesday’s rally said it had been called to pay homage to three people killed when a hand grenade exploded at an opposition rally on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for municipal elections.
The blast injured another 60 people.
Chagonja said police had arrested three suspects in that attack, which the police chief had described Monday as a “suspected act of terrorism”.
NMG
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