Shot Tanzanian opposition leader flown to Nairobi for treatment

Tanzanian opposition politician Tundu Lissu speaking during the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS) annual meeting in Arusha on March 17, 2017. He was flown to Nairobi after he was shot and seriously wounded on September 7. PHOTO | AFP

Tanzania’s opposition Chief Whip in Parliament Tundu Lissu who was Thursday shot by unknown assailants has been admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

According to Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Isaac Okero, Lissu arrived in Nairobi from Dodoma Thursday night.