Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshipers drowned while being baptized in a river near Rombo in the north of
the country.
The two
victims were overwhelmed by the current of the River Ungwasi, a police
spokesman has told the BBC.
It is not
clear how the pastor and the other worshipers involved managed to survive, the
BBC's Odeo Sirari says.
They are
members of a local church, Shalom, which is part of the charismatic Christian
movement.
Baptism in a
river rather than in church is seen as a way of re-enacting the baptism of
Jesus in the River Jordan.
The ceremony
is a symbol of washing away sin and the start of a new life.
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