Witnesses said eight people were arrested by police and beaten with sticks and the butts of guns before they were taken away. The arrested include an opposition member of the Tanzanian Parliament, a lawyer from an environmental non-government organization and a relative of one of the dead.
Imearifiwa kuwa miili ya marehemu iliwekwa katika majeneza bila kuvikwa nguo zozote wala sanda na kupelekwa nyumbani kwa wahusika lakini wanakijiji walikataa kupokea maiti hao wakitaka polisi kuirejesha miili hiyo hospitalini ili ichukuliwe upya na kuzikwa kwa heshima na mila za Wakurya.