Tanzania: Accident Claims 11 National Service Youths, 1 TPDF Soldier

THIRTEEN people, including eleven National Service recruits and a Tanzania People's Defence Forces (TPDF) soldier died yesterday in a road accident in Mbeya Region. The accident occurred at Mwansekwa slope in Mbeya Urban, involving a bus belonging to Igunga Transit.

President John Magufuli sent condolence messages to Mbeya Regional Commissioner (RC), Amos Makalla and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Venance Salvatory Mabeyo, following the tragic accident. The National Service recruits were travelling from Tabora Region to Itende National Camp in Mbeya Region for further training when the bus veered off the road on the slop before it overturned.

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