Rwandan Ex-Spy Chief Strangled in Johannesburg Hotel Room
By Kamlesh BhuckoryJan 2, 2014 10:33 AM GMT+0100 <http://topics.bloomberg.com/rwanda/> Rwandas former head of intelligence, Patrick Karegeya, 53, was found dead on a bed in a hotel room in Johannesburgs affluent Sandown area yesterday, the South African Police Service said. Preliminary investigations revealed that his neck was swollen, the South African Police Service said in an e-mailed statement today. A towel with blood and a rope were found in the hotel room safe. Karegeya, living in exile in South Africa, was meeting a friend from Rwanda. After searching his home in Roodeport, west of Johannesburg, his nephew came back to the hotel and he was found in one of the rooms, Kayumba Nyamwasa, a founding member of the Rwanda National Congress, an opposition party, said in a mobile phone interview from <http://topics.bloomberg.com/pretoria/> Pretoria, the capital. The former director of external intelligence booked into the hotel on Dec. 29, the police said. Opponents to Rwandan President <http://topics.bloomberg.com/paul-kagame/> Paul Kagame arent safe in South Africa and any other place in the world, Nyamwasa, a former chief of staff in the Rwandan army said. Nyamwasa said he was shot at in June 2010 in a failed assassination attempt, also in Johannesburg. Kagame has been the Rwandan President since April 2000. His ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front party won 41 out of 53 seats at the Sept. 16 parliamentary elections. While he has been praised for rebuilding the economy, human rights activists have criticized him for cracking down on civil rights and silencing dissent. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-02/rwanda-s-former-spy-chief-found-str angled-in-south-african-hotel.html Political Refugees Karegeya was found in the Michaelangelo Towers hotel, close to the citys stock exchange, said Michael Rwarinda, vice chairman of the Rwanda National Congress for its branch in <http://topics.bloomberg.com/south-africa/> South Africas Gauteng province, in an interview. The matters is being taken by the police, Mandy Sidubi, rooms division manager at the hotel, said in an interview, declining to comment further. There are about 3,500 Rwandan political refugees in South Africa, Rwarinda said. Rwandan ambassador to South Africa Vincent Karega said he wasnt aware of death other than news reports in an interview with Johannesburg-based state radio station SAfm. The embassy doesnt have the capacity to investigate, he said. In 2010 the deputy leader of Rwandas opposition Democratic Green Party, Andre Kagwa Rwisereka, was found dead with his head almost severed from his body near the city of Butare. Last month Rwandas <http://topics.bloomberg.com/supreme-court/> Supreme Court extended a jail sentence for former presidential candidate, Victoire Ingabire, to 15 years from 8 years, the Nairobi-based East African newspaper reported, citing a ruling. She had been charged with threatening state security and conspiring against the government. To contact the reporter on this story: Kamlesh Bhuckory in Johannesburg at <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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