A string of shops raided recently in Mbezi Juu, Dar es Salaam. The city is in a bit of a panic as it witnesses a marked increase in incidents of violent crime, particularly in its not-so-leafy suburbs.
Dar es Salaam. People living and doing business
in suburbs of Dar es Salaam are living in great fear following a surge
in high-level crimes including murder.
Youth gangs break into homes, commit armed robbery
and other forms of violent crimes, causing concerns to shop owners and
households.
Many who resisted have either been killed or
sustained permanent disabilities when groups of armed gangs stormed
homes or businesses.
What worries most about this trend is the impunity
with which the criminals are robbing people of their properties and the
poor police response.
Some say it is a sign of an overwhelmed police force.
Spot check by The Citizen on Sunday show areas such as Mbezi Juu, Madale, Goba, Mbagala, Bunju, Tegeta and some parts of Tabata are notorious for the incidents.
There were shocking tales of armed robbery
incidents and thefts when this paper visited some of the suburbs to
establish security situation on the ground.
The shooting to death of 24 year-old shop seller
Akilimali Jonathan at Mbagala Chamazi, and a similar murder of Godlisten
Urio at Mbagala Rangi Tatu are the tip of the iceberg as far as crime
in suburbs is concerned.
The attack by machete-brandishing gangsters of Mr
Ali Masunga of Mbezi Juu who is nursing serious wounds at his home tells
of hundreds of similar attacks to people living in Dar es Salaam
suburbs.
Akilimali Everest, 24, was selling items in a shop
on September 27 at Mbagala Chamazi when armed robbers struck and
demanded to be given all the money he had.
They shot him in the chest and ransacked the shop
before they sped on a bodaboda. Everest died three days later at
Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH).
The shop owner, Mr Baraka Jonathan, says police
came at the scene a day after the incident, and since then nothing has
been done.
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