Tanzania: January Proves Eventful as Crime Shocks Residents

30 January 2010

Arusha — For the residents of Njiro-Lemara and its environs Tuesday, January 26 was indeed a devastating night. At 9 pm 27-year old Jackline Deogratius Minja was shot in the head point blank at the entrance of her house. She died momentarily.

Who shot her was still a mystery but according to police sources Mrs Minja, who was seven months pregnant was confronted at the gate of her home by two men on a motor cycle who engaged her in a conversation.

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