Incident Summary:

02/22/2018: Assailants armed with machetes attacked Godfrey Luena at his home in Morogoro, Tanzania. Luena, a Namawala Ward councilor, was killed in the attack. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
201802220025

When:
2018-02-22

Country:
Tanzania

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Morogoro

City:
Morogoro

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Assassination
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Government of Namawala Ward
Specific Description Councilor: Godfrey Luena
Nationality of Target Tanzania
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Knife or Other Sharp Object
Weapon Details
Machetes were used in the attack.
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 1
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Another opposition politician killed in Tanzania," The Citizen, February 25, 2018.
"Second opposition politician killed in Tanzania," Daily Nation (Kenya), February 24, 2018.
"East Africa Roundup: Ethiopian protesters defy state of emergency," BBC Monitoring, February 28, 2018.