Rwandan soldier kills five in bar shooting
13 November 2024 |
2:59 pm
A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting. READ ALSO:US consumer inflation picks up to 2.6% in October But the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) identified the gunman as…
A Rwandan soldier on Wednesday opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting.
READ ALSO:US consumer inflation picks up to 2.6% in October
But the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant.
“RDF has arrested the suspect and will take necessary legal action against him,” the east African country’s military said in a statement.
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In 2020, six Rwandan soldiers were arrested for allegedly raping and beating civilians during the Covid pandemic lockdown in the Kangondo slum in the capital Kigali.
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