Tanzania police arrest school owner after dormitory fire kills 10 pupils


By Li SiboUnreguser
  • World
  • Wednesday, 16 Sep 2020

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania police said on Tuesday they have arrested the owner of a school where a dormitory fire killed 10 pupils and injured seven others in the country's northwest region of Kagera.

"Police are holding the owner of the school for investigations," Tanzania's police chief Simon Sirro told a news conference shortly after he had inspected the dormitory in Kyerwa district of Kagera region.

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