Tanzania arrests 10 suspected members of Somali militant group

DAR ES SALAAM (REUTERS) - Tanzania's security forces have arrested 10 suspected members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militant group Al-Shabaab, seizing explosives and military uniforms hidden at a mosque, police said on Wednesday.

Police Commissioner Paul Chagonja said the suspects had been arrested on Tuesday in a region east of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

Al-Shabaab claimed an attack on a university in neighbouring Kenya this month that killed 148 people.

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