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Patrick Karegeya: Rwanda exile 'murdered' in Johannesburg | |
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Exiled former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya has been apparently murdered in a Johannesburg hotel room, South African police say. | |
They say he might have been strangled, with a rope and bloodied towel found in a hotel safe. | |
He was stripped of the rank of colonel after falling out with his former ally, Rwandan President Paul Kagame. | He was stripped of the rank of colonel after falling out with his former ally, Rwandan President Paul Kagame. |
President Kagame's allies have previously denied accusations of links to a series of dissident killings. | |
Mr Karegeya, formerly head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, had lived in South Africa for the past six years. | Mr Karegeya, formerly head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, had lived in South Africa for the past six years. |
A fellow exiled dissident, former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has survived two assassination attempts since fleeing to South Africa in 2010. | A fellow exiled dissident, former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has survived two assassination attempts since fleeing to South Africa in 2010. |
The two men were among four exiled former top officials for whom Rwanda issued international arrest warrants in 2011. | The two men were among four exiled former top officials for whom Rwanda issued international arrest warrants in 2011. |
A military court sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia in 2011 for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions. | A military court sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia in 2011 for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions. |
In 2010, Gen Nyamwasa and Mr Karegeya formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress. | In 2010, Gen Nyamwasa and Mr Karegeya formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress. |
They were both part of Mr Kagame's rebel forces which came to power in 1994, ending the genocide of their fellow ethnic Tutsis. | They were both part of Mr Kagame's rebel forces which came to power in 1994, ending the genocide of their fellow ethnic Tutsis. |