Tanzanian security forces have arrested 10 suspected members of the Somali militant group al Shabaab in a raid on a mosque.
Information released by Police said that the arrest took place on Tuesday night in Kilombero district, Morogoro region, about 300 km East of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
According to Police Commissioner Paul Chagonja the suspects arrested at a mosque, were found in possession of 30 sticks of explosives, detonating cord, a black flag, iconic to the Al Shabab, military uniforms, masks and swords.
The move of the Police started after the tip that there was a suspicious group in the Suni Mosque in Kidatu. “After the police arrived at the mosque they requested the leader to order all the people who were in it to come out so that they can identify the suspects,” he said noting that it is then the police succeeded to arrest the nine suspects and retrieve the said items.
SOURCE: AMECEA Social Communications and Online News Agencies