A Tanzanian police official says a woman died and 44 people were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in a Roman Catholic Church in Northern Tanzania.
The regional police Commissioner of Arusha, Magesa Mulogo, said on Sunday that the woman died in hospital as a result of the bombing in the Arusha church just before mass.
Mulogo said eyewitnesses report that the bomb was thrown from a motorcycle into the church. Mulogo said the driver of the motorcycle has been arrested.
It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
“This a sad day, our security forces are mobilised, and the culprits will be arrested and brought to justice,” said Mulongo. “For the time being we don’t know if it is a bomb,” he added.