Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu fled to the residence of German ambassador Regine Hess in Dar es Salaam on November 2nd after receiving tip-off from police sympathizers.
Speaking to German media DW, Lissu revealed that had been pursued by Tanzanian police officers and that an order to kill him had already been issued.
The Chadema party leader already survived an assassination attempt in 2017, when he was shot multiple times in his car.
He traveled to Belgium for surgery and stayed there for three years, only returning to Tanzania months to the general election.
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Lissu told DW that he fled to the German embassy after receiving a tip-off from a police sympathizer who informed him of his impending arrest and assassination.
“I am living in the ambassador’s residence because my life is not safe. Since last Saturday I am receiving messages threatening my life. So I left my home since Sunday. On Monday, I went to the embassy. I was followed by Tanzanian police officers who were in two vehicles. I was arrested and taken to the Central Police Station. If it were not for the presence of officials of the German embassy, I would probably on that day not have returned back to my home,” said Tundu Lissu.
Asked who warned him of the plot to assassinate him, Lissu said that he believe they were people who were sympathetic to his cause.
“On Saturday, I was called by someone who did not identify himself. He told me, “according to orders given to us, we are to finish you up once and for all.” And shortly afterward, I received a call from another person. He told me the same message: That an order to finish me has been issued: “So if you can save yourself, do so. I think in the manner in which they expressed themselves, they are people who are part of the group sent but they do not agree with these things,” Lissu said.
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