Tanzanian police have arrested 15 people, including suspects with ties to terror groups, believed to be responsible for a series of acid attacks.
According to the police commissioner, some of the suspects have links to al Qaeda and Somali militant group al-Shabab.
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Tuesday’s arrest follows an acid attack on a Catholic priest in a crowded part of town Friday afternoon.
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Rev Joseph Anselmo Mwagambwa is being treated at a Tanzanian hospital following an acid attack in Zanzibar.
Officers say Mwagambwa’s face, chest, thighs and legs were badly injured.
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This was the fifth acid attack in Zanzibar since November.
Just last month, an assailant threw acid in the faces of two young British women doing volunteer work.
