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Opposition Chief Whip Tundu Lissu blames attempt on his life on Tanzania Government

Tanzania Opposition chief whip Tundu Lissu leaves Nairobi Hospital after four months. He survived an assassination  attempt  in September 2017 outside his home in Dodoma, Tanzania. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

Nairobi Friday Dec 4, Tanzanian Opposition Chief Whip Tundu Lissu has blamed his near-fatal shooting outside his house in Dodoma in September on President John Magufuli’s Government.

Lissu, who was today discharged from Nairobi Hospital to where he was flown for specialised treatment after his car was sprayed with 36 bullets, 16 of which hit him with eight being lodged in his body, called on the international community to isolate Magufuli’s government.

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