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COURTESY JENNIFER FORMANSusan Wells, 41, died Wednesday while volunteering in Tanzania.

Canadian volunteer was shot in head, say Tanzanian police

Published on Monday December 03, 2012

Staff Reporter 

Susan Wells, a Collingwood native who died while volunteering in East Africa, was found with a gunshot wound to her head, says the Tanzania Police Force.

Local police say they have a man in custody, identified only as “Joseph,” who has yet to be questioned. They also say Wells, 41, was known to the man held by police.

“It was the 26th (of November) when we found the body there,” said Arusha Regional Police Commander Sabas said when reached by phone Monday.

Wells, 41, left for Tanzania last week with suitcases stuffed with educational materials for children, said according to a family friend, Rev. Brian Goodings of Trinity United Church. Wells’ volunteering work in the region dates back to 2008, when she volunteered with a charity in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha.

Goodings said Foreign Affairs confirmed that Wells died on Nov. 28; Sabas, however, said Wells’ body was found on Nov. 26 outside of Arusha. He added that their suspect had been arrested around Kilimanjaro International Airport, roughly 55 km east of the city.

Foreign Affairs declined to comment on report by Tanzanian police. Spokesperson Jessica Seguin said no further details would be given to protect the privacy for the affected family.

Sabas didn’t provide any motive or specifically call it a murder. He said more details would arise when police in Arusha could “interrogate” him.

Previously: Wells’ ex-colleague seeks answers