Gunman kills several police near French embassy in Tanzania

President Hassan says gunman shot dead after killing three police and a private security officer in Dar es Salaam.

An attacker wielding an assault rifle was shot dead after killing three police officers and an employee of a private security company near the French embassy in the Tanzanian commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said. Hassan said on Twitter that the attacker had been “neutralised” and “calm has returned”. “I send my condolences to the police service and the families of three policemen, and one officer of the SGA security company, who lost their lives after an armed person attacked them in the Salenda area of Dar es Salaam,” Hassan said.