Anti-riot police shot dead two civilians at the North Mara Gold Mine which is operated by London-listed African Barrick Gold (ABG) in the Northern Tarime District. Mara Regional Police Commander for Tarime Special Police Zone, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Justus Kamugisha confirmed the latest killings at the mine. Anti-riot police were forced to use live bullets after between 800 and 10,000 local people invaded the mine to grab gold sand on Thursday evening, according to ACP Kamugisha.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11887.