Arusha. The Police and the Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) are investigating the death of one person on Monday near the gate of Lake Manyara National Park.
The death happened during a confrontation between residents of nearby Mto Wa Mbu town and the national park rangers over claims that the rangers were responsible for the drowning of some fishermen.
Officials from the Tanapa headquarters here as well as the Lake Manyara National Park and police investigators were yesterday at the site of the shooting in the shallow waters north of the lake.
Until late afternoon Wednesday, they had not issued a statement on the progress made or whether there were indeed more casualties.
The Tanapa Commissioner of Conservation, William Mwakilema, told journalists here on Wednesday that the park authority has launched investigations into the claims.
He was categorically clear that he would not confirm if those missing after the scuffle had drowned or not or if his rangers were responsible for that.
