Blasts hit Tanzania military depot

A series of large blasts struck the main military munitions dump in Tanzania's commercial capital on Wednesday night, but it was unclear if there were any casualties, defence minister Hussein Mwinyi said on Thursday.

A chain of explosions lit up the night sky and sent thousands of Dar es Salaam residents into a panic, and forced authorities to shut the country's main airport temporarily. The blasts hit the Gongo la Mboto military base in Ilala district, a few kilometres from the Dar es Salaam International Airport.