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An opposition politician was hacked to death at his home in central Tanzania on Thursday night, police said on Friday, as his party described the murder as a "political assassination."
Godfrey Luena, of the Chadema party, was the elected head of the small Namawala municipality in the central Morogoro Region. He was the second party official to be killed in such circumstances in the past fortnight.
Luena's murder was confirmed by regional police commander Ulrich Matei, who said the motive was unknown and the killers were being sought.
At a press conference in the economic capital Dar es Salaam, Chadema deputy secretary John Mnyika said Luena had left his home on Thursday night to look into a power cut affecting his house alone.
"He was then attacked by a group of men armed with machetes," Mnyika said.
"This is a political assassination," Mnyika added, saying Luena had been defending residents against alleged land-grabbing by local ruling party officials.
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