Tanzania: Queries Abound On Spate of Abductions, Disappearances

Dar es Salaam — A recent streak of unexplained incidents of kidnap, deaths, mysterious disappearances of people and murder threats has raised fear among the public, with questions being raised on whether it is the work of an emerging secret terror squad.

The apparent inaction by the police over the matter is also not helping to curb speculation that such a group, if it does exist, operates outside Tanzania's mainstream security system.

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