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Patrick Karegeya: Rwanda exile 'murdered' in Johannesburg 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.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. They say he might have been strangled, with a rope and bloodied towel found in the hotel room 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.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, 53, formerly head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, had lived in South Africa for the past six years and had been granted political asylum there.
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 pair formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress - in 2010.
A military court sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia in 2011 for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions. Party coordinator Theogene Rudasingwa told The Associated Press news agency that Mr Karegeya had gone to the upmarket Michelangelo Towers hotel to meet a Rwandan man named Apollo.
In 2010, Gen Nyamwasa and Mr Karegeya formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress. The party accused Rwanda's government of killing him.
They were both part of Mr Kagame's rebel forces which came to power in 1994, ending the genocide of their fellow ethnic Tutsis. A police statement said: "Preliminary investigations revealed that his neck [was] swollen - there is a possibility that he might have been strangled.''
He leaves a widow and three children.
Rwandan exiles in several Western countries including the UK and US say local security agents have warned them of plots to kill them.
The Rwandan government has denied trying to kill its opponents.
Rwanda's ambassador to South Africa Vincent Karega has told local radio SAFM: "We encourage the authorities to really look into the matter so that we know exactly what happened," reports the Reuters news agency.
Mr Karegeya and Gen Nyamwasa were among four exiled former top officials for whom Rwanda issued international arrest warrants in 2011.
A military court earlier sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions.
Both men were part of Mr Kagame's rebel forces which came to power in 1994, ending the genocide of their fellow ethnic Tutsis.
Mr Kagame has been accused of not tolerating opposition.
He maintains that Rwanda needs a strong government to prevent a return to ethnic conflict.