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Many dead in Tanzania depot blast
Many dead in Tanzania depot blast
A series
of blasts at a military ammunition depot kills at least 20
people in Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam.
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Modified: 17 Feb 2011 14:27 GMT
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A series of blasts at a military ammunition depot has killed at least 20 people in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, Mizengo Pinda, the country's prime minister said.
On Wednesday night, a chain of explosions lit up the night sky and sent thousands of Dar es Salaam residents into a panic, and forced authorities to shut the country's main airport.
The blasts hit the Gongo la Mboto military base in Ilala district, a few kilometres from the Dar es Salaam International Airport.
"The explosions occurred at the main military arms depot in Dar es Salaam. The airport was closed last night as a precaution," Hussein Mwinyi, Tanzania's defence minister, told Reuters news agency.
The blasts scattered debris across densely populated neighbourhoods several kilometres away from the military base.
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