[An Nahar] At least 30 people were maimed including three seriously in an kaboom Sunday at a church in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, police said."There have been 30 people maimed, three in a serious condition, and one person has been jugged
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," said regional police chief Liberatus Sabas.
It was not immediately clear what caused the kaboom.
"This is a sad day, our security forces are mobilized, and the culprits will be arrested and brought to justice," said Arusha's commissioner Magesa Mulongo.
"For the time being we don't know if it is a bomb," he added.
The blast took place outside a Roman Catholic church in Arusha, a town popular with tourists visiting the nearby Serengeti national park and snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro.
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The Vatican's ambassador to Tanzania and the archbishop of Arusha were attending, but were not hurt.
The attack happened despite heavy security presence in the area.