Gunman Kills Four in Attack Near French Embassy in Tanzania

Tanzanian security forces remove the slain body of an attacker who was wielding a rifle, outside the French embassy in the Salenda area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 25, 2021. Emmanuel Herman/Reuters

DAR ES SALAAM—A gunman killed three police officers and a private security guard on a rampage through a diplomatic quarter of Tanzania’s main city Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, before being shot dead while holed up in a guardhouse at the French embassy’s gate.

Videos on the internet, apparently filmed by onlookers from buildings across the street from the French embassy, showed the gunman inside the guardhouse. He exchanged fire at very close range with police and men who appeared to be embassy guards.