The police have found two home-made explosive devices in Zanzibar over the last two days, adding to tensions in the semi-autonomous archipelago after officials annulled its elections, citing widespread fraud. Three suspects have reportedly been arrested.
The police have found two home-made explosive devices in Zanzibar over the last two days, adding to tensions in the semi-autonomous archipelago after officials annulled its elections, citing widespread fraud. Three suspects have reportedly been arrested.
No one was injured by the devices. Mkadam Khamis Mkadam, a Zanzibar police commander, confirmed to Reuters the discovery of the bombs and suggested that one of them was detonated by a mobile phone. “No one was killed or injured,” he said.
Another device was reportedly found near the offices of the Civic United United (CUF), the main opposition party, a local newspaper reported. Contrary to Reuters, the paper reported that both devices were detonated by a bomb disposal unit that carried out controlled explosions.
Zanzibar, which is part of Tanzania but has its own elections and government, was plunged into a political crisis on Wednesday (Oct. 28) after the chairman of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) wrote off the election held last Sunday, saying that there had been “cheating” and “double voting” in some polling stations. “This election was unfair and did not adhere to the law and electoral process,” Jecha Salim Jecha said in a statement. The chairman called for the exercise to be repeated in 90 days time.
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