2021 Dar es Salaam shooting

On 25 August 2021, a gunman opened fire at two locations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He initially killed two police officers at an intersection and stole the officers' rifles. He walked several hundred metres to the French embassy, where he killed another officer and a security guard. The gunman also injured six other people, before being shot dead by police. The attack occurred during the day on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, one of Dar es Salaam's main avenues in the diplomatic quarter.

Dar es Salaam shooting
LocationDar es Salaam, Tanzania
Date25 August 2021
Attack type
Spree shooting
WeaponsRifle
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator)
Injured9
PerpetratorHamza Mohamed
MotiveIslamic extremism
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