Rights groups seek answers on killing of Tanzania police officers

About thirty police officers have been killed, 16 civilians, too, and 60 firearms lost, all in a period of two years in Tanzania. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Thirty police officers killed, 16 civilians, too, and 60 firearms lost, all in a period of two years.

These are the disturbing numbers from an independent study by the human-rights watchdog, Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) that are at the centre of differing interpretations between Tanzania security forces and civil society over the intent of the group behind it all.