{"id":60869,"date":"2020-02-05T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60869"},"modified":"2020-02-05T10:34:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T02:34:46","slug":"tanzania-preacher-arrested-after-20-worshipers-are-killed-in-stampede-inside-his-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60869","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania: Preacher arrested after 20 worshipers are killed in stampede inside his church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nairobinews.nation.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Weeping-Woman-470x264.jpg\" alt=\"Weeping-Woman\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A woman is\u00a0consoled at Mawenzi hospital after the death of her granddaughter killed in stampede during a church service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The preacher in a church where 20 people were killed in a stampede has been arrested, said the Tanzanian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Saturday incident happened when hundreds of worshipers were attending a prayer meeting led by Boniface Mwamposa, a popular preacher who leads the Arise and Shine Ministry Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stampede occurred when Mwamposa, who calls himself the &#8220;Apostle&#8221;, poured what he said was holy oil on the ground and the crowd surged forward to touch it in the hope of being cured of sickness, witnesses said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the stampede, the preacher flew to Dar es Salaam where he was apprehended. It is not known what charges he will face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interior Minister George Simbachawene accused the church of not taking sufficient precautions and of violating the terms of its permit for the meeting, which ran two hours later than planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also said the government would be strengthening the requirements needed to register as a church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The incident took place at night and there were many people, so there is a possibility that more casualties could emerge,&#8221; he said. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman is\u00a0consoled at Mawenzi hospital after the death of her granddaughter killed in stampede during a church service DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The preacher in a church where 20 people were killed in a stampede has been arrested, said the Tanzanian government. The Saturday incident happened when hundreds of worshipers were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60869"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}