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Exiled Rwandan ex-spy boss murdered in South Africa

Reuters - 12 hrs ago
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An exiled former Rwandan intelligence chief
was found murdered in a Johannesburg hotel room, police said on
Thursday, in a killing a Rwandan opposition party blamed on the
country's government.

Patrick Karegeya, who once headed military intelligence in his
homeland, fled to South Africa in 2007 after allegedly plotting a coup
against President Paul Kagame with former Rwandan army chief Faustin
Kayumba Nyamwasa, who was also exiled there.

Karegeya body was discovered on New Year's Day on a bed at
Michelangelo Towers, an upscale hotel and apartment complex he had
apparently booked in to three days earlier, South African police said.

His neck was swollen and a bloody towel and rope were found in the
room's safe, they said.

Paul Ramakolo, a spokesman for South Africa's Hawks, an elite crime
fighting unit, confirmed Karegeya had been killed. "We will check if
it was as a result of strangulation or what could be the factor," he
said.

The opposition Rwanda National Congress, many of whose senior members
are also living in exile, described Karegeya's death as an
assassination.

"By killing its opponents, the criminal regime in Kigali seeks to
intimidate and silence the Rwandan people into submission," it said.

A spokesperson for the Rwandan presidency declined to comment and it
was not possible to reach Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo or
spokespeople at the Rwandan embassy in Pretoria.

Rwanda's ambassador to South Africa, Vincent Karega, earlier told
local radio SAFM he was not aware of details of the killing. "We
encourage the authorities to really look into the matter so that we
know exactly what happened," he said.

Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in 2010 as he drove into the driveway
of his upmarket Johannesburg home. He survived what his family said
was an assassination attempt ordered by Kagame.

Both Nyamwasa and Karegeya, who was 53, fought alongside Kagame in
Rwanda's 1994 war, which halted the genocide by ethnic Hutu militia
who had killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in just three months.

In 2011, South Africa declined a Rwandan request to extradite Nyamwasa
to his homeland. He was also wanted in Spain and France for killings
in the 1990s.

Also in 2011, a Rwandan military court sentenced Karegeya, Nyamwasa
and two other exiled officers to 20 years in prison for threatening
state security after they were tried in absentia.

12 comments



Soon we will be reading that it is all the fault of the former
colonial powers. Rwanda has been independent since 1962. The brutality
we see in Africa is a result of local thugs being in power. Even rich
South Africa is a cesspool thanks to its corrupt and incompetent
government.

brian3, 8 hrs ago



South Africa doing so well under black rule...

Oidtsnjflgnhsdf, 7 hrs ago



It's classic kill or be killed tribalism, as basic as when the
Hominids were roaming Africa. This is what the future holds for
humankind - Africa just has a headstart in this department.

pluckie, 8 hrs ago



"By killing its opponents, the criminal regime in Kigali seeks to
intimidate and silence the Rwandan people into submission," it said."
It's like voting for either the Bloods, or the Crips.

Pope, 8 hrs ago



I wonder how many he had killed before they got him ?

James Chapman, 1 hr ago

Who cares.

Big, 30 mins ago



Why are firefighter'$ in canaduh all decorated up like Idi Imin and
capt. Crunch ? Why must they BATTLE and ATTACK fires,just put them out
thank you very much ! Do firefighter'$ in the Fillipines or Detriot
regularly make the $un$hine li$t ?

tok2t, 1 hr ago



The love never ends in Africa

=Ant=, 4 hrs ago



Sounded like a suicide,just let it go!

Witch Doctor, 8 hrs ago



If Yahoo can`t have a "who cares" category (which this would fall
under) they should have a GOOD NEWS category that this should fall
under as well

Don`t Go There, 9 hrs ago

big surprise--mandela the hero left that savage country --like a
toilet--murder capital of the world--you are not safe if you are black
white etc...they are savages

Truth1, 4 hrs ago



"TIA Danny,TIA"

Island, 2 hrs ago

 

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