Dar on 'high alert' over terror attack claims

A street in central Dar es Salaam. There are reports that an international terrorist group is planning to attack the country. PHOTO|MORGAN MBABAZI

Tanzania security organs are investigating reports that an international terrorist group is planning to attack the country.

The Parliamentary Defence and Security Committee held a crisis meeting last week during which Speaker Job Ndugai told MPs that “all top security organs of the state are on high alert.”