Gunmen, suspected to be Muslim extremists shot dead a Catholic priest outside his church in the capital of Zanzibar on Sunday, the second such attack on the Muslim-majority island in recent months.
The Priest, Rev Fr Evarist Mushi was shot dead Sunday morning, February 17, on his way to church. Report from Zanzibar says Fr Mushi was blocked by two young men at the entrance of the church in Zanzibar City, the capital, where "one of the attackers shot him in the head.
This is the second incidence in Zanzibar; on Christmas Day, gunmen shot and seriously wounded a Catholic priest Fr Ambrose Mkenda as he returned home from Christmas Eucharist celebration
Zanzibar's Christian community is a minority there, an estimated three percent of the 1.2 million population, which is otherwise almost entirely Muslim.
SOURCE: Tanzania Newspapers
