“No excessive force” has been used against protesters, Tanzania’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo said in an interview with Al-Jazeera on Friday, adding that the government had “no figures” on the number of dead.
“Currently no excessive force has been used,” said Kombo, denying reports from the opposition that around 700 people have been killed since elections on Wednesday.
“I’ve not seen these 700 anywhere… There’s no number until now of any protesters killed,” he said.
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