By AFPMore by this AuthorSTONE TOWNSix people in Zanzibar, including four foreign tourists, were stabbed and lightly injured by a young man at a restaurant in the capital of the east African archipelago, police said. KNIFE ATTACKEyewitness Omar Hassan described how a man armed with a knife stormed into the Lukman restaurant in the capital Stone Town armed with a knife and attacked one local person and three foreign tourists "who were here for dinner." "After the attack which caused panic in the restaurant, the attacker also stabbed two other people while running away," said Hassan. Zanzibar has experienced sectarian and political tensions in recent years — including grenade explosions — with the unrest affecting the key tourism industry. Tourism is the main foreign currency earner for Zanzibar, famed for its white-sand beaches and historical buildings in Stone Town, listed as a world heritage site by Unesco.

Source: Daily Nation May 30, 2017 03:22 UTC