What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 2020
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 20
- Coordinates
- 10.65° S, 40.16° E
- Description
- 2020 attacks on civilians in Tanzania
Placed at the town its title names, Kitaya.
Kitaya massacre
2020 attacks on civilians in Tanzania
On October 15, 2020, militants from the Islamic State – Central Africa Province, launched an incursion into the village of Kitaya in Mtwara Region, Tanzania, the group's first claimed attack in Tanzania. At least twenty civilians were killed in the massacre.
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