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 first killed two police officers at an intersection and stole their rifles. He walked several hundred metres to the French embassy, where he shot and killed another officer and a security guard. The gunman injured six other people, and was shot dead by police. The attack was carried out in daytime on Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, one of Dar es Salaam's main avenues in the diplomatic quarter.