Tanzanian Pastor, Boniface Mwamposa arrested after 20 people were killed in a stampede in his church
The arrest of Pastor Boniface Mwamposa by the Tanzanian government comes after a stampede in his church in the northern Tanzanian city of Moshi claimed the lives of 20 people and left many others injured.
The leader of the Arise and Shine Ministry Tanzania, a popular preacher, was apprehended in Dar es Salaam as he was about to board a flight to the capital city for a prayer service at another branch of his church subsequent to the tragic incident.
Kippi Warioba, the Moshi district commissioner, informed Reuters news agency that the stampede occurred as people rushed to receive "healing" by stepping on an anointing oil poured on the floor by the Pastor.
Warioba stated, "Twenty people died and 16 others were injured in the incident. Five of those killed were children. The...