The Ward councilor for Pemba, Ngocho Seronga and the local leader for Nyabisanga village, Sagamo Nyamang’ondi said a suspected group of thugs from Kenya were reported to have entered the village while equipped with firearms and that they were spotted by the residents at night in the village.
It is also reported that the residents started informing each other of the presence of the group and managed to trace them and caught two of them while others managed to cross into Kenya.
The group is said to have been wreaking havoc in the villages bordering Kenya by attacking and stealing various items.
It is also reported that one of the residents Mtongori Waikama was recently robbed off 19 cows.
Tarime-Rorya Special Zone Police Commander Andrew Satta confirmed the incident and said investigations into the matter are underway.
He urged residents to stop taking the law in their hands and instead should report suspects to the police.
In another incident, two residents of Mpakani surburb have died after reportedly taking sachets of hard liquor popularly known as viroba.
Elias Samuel (22) and Mwita Paulo (20) were found dead on Thursday last week in the house in which they were living together.
Police said investigations into the matter was ongoing and that their bodies are preserved at Tarime district hospital mortuary together with those of two slain Kenyans.
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