2021 Dar es Salaam shooting
| Dar es Salaam shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Date | 25 August 2021 |
Attack type | Spree shooting |
| Weapons | Rifle |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 9 |
| Perpetrator | Hamza Mohamed |
| Motive | Islamic extremism |
On 25 August 2021, a gunman opened fire at two locations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He initially killed two police officers at an intersection and stole the officers' rifles. He walked several hundred metres to the French embassy, where he killed another officer and a security guard. The gunman also injured six other people, before being shot dead by police. The attack occurred during the day on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, one of Dar es Salaam's main avenues in the diplomatic quarter.