{"id":430210,"date":"2011-05-25T19:12:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/police-confirm-mps-arrest-at-mine-clash-funeral\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:12:25","slug":"police-confirm-mps-arrest-at-mine-clash-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/police-confirm-mps-arrest-at-mine-clash-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Confirm MPs&#8217; Arrest At Mine Clash Funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.5744037622\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>25 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Tanzanian police said Wednesday they had arrested two MPs from the main opposition party, Chadema, while they attended the funeral of villagers killed in clashes at a gold mine.<\/p>\n<p>The arrests took place on Monday in the north-west of the country where the North Mara mine is located.<\/p>\n<p>Police identified the two as Tundu Lissu and Esther Matiko and said they had used the incident at the mine to disturb public order.<\/p>\n<p>Chadema, which accuses the police of having used &#8220;excessive force&#8221; against the several hundred villagers who raided the North Mara mine on 16 May.<\/p>\n<p>The party says the two MPs had wanted to &#8220;show solidarity with the families who were in mourning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>North Mara is owned by African Barrick Gold, a London Stock Exchange-quoted unit of Canada&#8217;s Barrick.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that about 500 locals, armed with traditional weapons, invaded the mine on 9 May and clashed with police and security officers.<\/p>\n<p>Company officials say at least 300 locals trespass on the mine&#8217;s license areas every day to carry out illegal mining activities. They often clash with security and police.<\/p>\n<p>The company said seven people died in the clashes. Police put the toll at five.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110525-tanzanian-police-confirm-mps-arrest-mine-clash-funeral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105250942.html\" title=\"Police Confirm MPs' Arrest At Mine Clash Funeral\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police Confirm MPs&#8217; Arrest At Mine Clash Funeral<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 May 2011 Tanzanian police said Wednesday they had arrested two MPs from the main opposition party, Chadema, while they attended the funeral of villagers killed in clashes at a gold mine. 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