Maasai leaders arrested in protests over Tanzanian game reserve
by Katie McQue and Mattha Busby from Environment | The Guardian on (#60BJ9)
Dozens wounded in clashes with police over eviction from ancestral lands to make way for hunting and safaris
Ten Maasai leaders were detained and more than 30 people wounded during violent clashes with police in northern Tanzania on Friday, as they protested against eviction from their land to make way for a luxury game reserve.
One police officer was reportedly killed in the clashes and hundreds of people are in hiding after the protests in Loliondo, which borders Serengeti national park.
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