Tears flowed freely amongst some of those who had
assembled at the facility, who included relatives of the deceased. The
anguished mourners were hard-pressed to absorb the shock of compatriots
engaged in the noble mission having their lives cruelly terminated by a
bunch of ruthless militias.
The special airplane carrying the bodies of the
slain TPDF cadres touched down at around 4:30pm, and, upon the seven
flag-draped caskets being carried solemnly by TPDF officers to a
military vehicle for transportation to Lugalo Hospital, the assembly was
struck by a huge pang of emotional pain.
The party included Vice president Dr Mohammed
Gharib, Second Zanzibar Vice President, Seif Ali Iddi, Minister for
Defence Shamsi Vuai Nahodha, Chief of Defence Forces Gen Davis
Mwamnyange, The First Lady Mama Salma Kikwete, and Dar es Salaam
Regional Commissioner, Said Meck Sadik.
TPDF Acting spokesperson Major Joseph Masanja said
the bodies will be preserved at the military hospital until tomorrow
when they will be relocated to TPDF headquarers at panga headquarters
where friends and relatives will pay their last respects.
Unidentified gunmen attacked a patrol of the joint
peacekeeping mission in South Darfur state last Saturday, killing the
soldiers and seriously injuring 17 others, including two female police
officers.
The fallen soldiers are Sargent Shaibu Othman,
Coplo Oswald Chaula, Coplo Mohammed Juma Ally, Coplo Mohammed Chokizo,
Private Rodney Ndunguru, Private Fortunatus Msofe and Private Peter
Muhiri Werema.
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| Tanzania People`s Defence Forces (TPDF) soldiers carry a casket bearing one of the seven bodies of their colleagues killed after gunmen ambushed them in Darfur, Sudan, last Saturday. The bodies arrived at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam yesterday |
A member of the family of one fallen soldiers,
Sargent Othman, Mr Mohammed Sadik, said the death was a big the family
of the soldier who is survived by a widow and three children.
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