Over 700 demonstrators have reportedly lost their lives in three days of election related protests in Tanzania.

DAILY POST reports that the protest erupted on Wednesday, following the country’s presidential election results, disqualification and detention of key opposition candidates.

Reacting to the ongoing crisis, Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, stated that over 700 people have been killed in the three days of demonstration.

Chadema spokesperson, John Kitoka on Friday, said, “as we speak, the overall figure for death is around 700”, the news agency AFP report.

He said “the figure for deaths in Dar es Salaam is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-plus. Added to figures across the country”.

The outcome of the Tanzania general election held on Wednesday, which was in favour of the incumbent, President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM party, resulted in a nationwide protest with protesters clashing with security forces.

Following the unrest, the Tanzanian government shutdown the internet and imposed a curfew and banned foreign journalists from covering the events.

Tanzania election: 700 protesters dead as protests enter third day