Incident Summary:

06/09/2020: Assailants attacked Freeman Mbowe near his home in Dodoma, Tanzania. Mbowe, the leader of the opposition in Parliament and the chair of the Chadema party, was injured in the assault. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202006090007

When:
2020-06-09

Country:
Tanzania

Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Dodoma

City:
Dodoma

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Unarmed Assault
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Government (General)
Name of Entity Government of Tanzania
Specific Description Parliament Opposition Leader: Freeman Mbowe
Nationality of Target Tanzania
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage No
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Melee Unknown Weapon Type
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) Yes
Alternate Designation (more) Lack of Intentionality
Additional Information There is doubt that this incident meets terrorism-related criteria. Authorities suspected the attack did not take place and doubted the victim's account of the incident.
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 0 Fatalities / 1 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 1
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Tanzania opposition leader Freeman Mbowe injured in an assailants’ attack," Tanzania Citizen, June 9, 2020.
"Tanzanian opposition leader beaten, hospitalised: police," UrduPoint.com, June 9, 2020.
"REFILE-UPDATE 1-Tanzanian opposition leader attacked by unidentified people," Reuters Africa, June 9, 2020.