1 dead, 44 injured in blast in Tanzania church

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AP Zanzibar
Last Updated : May 05 2013 | 8:40 PM IST
A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and 44 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in a Roman Catholic Church in northern Tanzania.
The regional police Commissioner of Arusha, Magesa Mulogo, said Sunday the woman died in hospital as a result of the bombing in the Arusha church just before mass.
Mulogo said eyewitnesses report that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle into the church. Mulogo said the driver of the motorcycle has been arrested.

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First Published: May 05 2013 | 8:40 PM IST

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