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Thursday, 30 April 2009

Preliminary Explanations on Dar explosions

Photo: Tanzanian soldiers carrying away one of the exploded missile.

Retired engineer and explosives expert Nebetus Nyamuga has said that the accidental blasts which occurred yesterday at a military base on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam were caused by dangerous trail bombs used in shooting down aircraft.


``These are most dangerous arms which are used to blow up speeding aircraft,`` Nyamuga said in an interview with `The Guardian`. ``These kinds of bombs do explode 15 years after their manufacture and some do explode earlier if they are not properly stored,`` he added.

According to the expert, trail bombs can only be safely destroyed in a place far from the armoury.
Source: IPP Media

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