One person was killed and several others were wounded in a bomb attack near a mosque on Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, police said.
"We are investigating to find out the type of explosive, the criminals and motive. We ask people to help provide information," a senior police official, Mkadam Khamis told AFP.
Police said the bomb went off in the Daranjani business district of Stone Town, the UNESCO-listed historical centre of the capital of the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago, at around 8:15 pm (1715 GMT) yesterday.
Witnesses said the casualties included worshipers who were coming out of evening prayers from a nearby mosque.
"We ask people not to panic, as the security forces are on full alert," the police official said.
