A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded dozens of others on Sunday, police said.
The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania, Archbishop Francisco Montecillo
Padilla, was attending the official opening of the church when the
explosion occurred, but escaped unharmed.
If a bomb blast is proven, it will mark an
escalation in sectarian tensions in east Africa's second biggest economy. Read more
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