South African court finds three Tanzanians and one Rwandan "guilty of
attempted murder" on Friday, after acquitting two others, including the
alleged mastermind and Mr. Nyamwasa's former driver. PHOTO | AFP
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- Rwandan national Amani Uriwane, together with Tanzanians Hassan Mohammedi Nduli, Sady Abdou and Hemedi Dengengo Sefu, will be sentenced on September 10
Krugersdorp, South Africa. A
South African court yesterday convicted four men of attempting to murder
former Rwandan general who had fled after falling out with the East
African country’s strongman Paul Kagame.
Magistrate Stanley Mkhari found three Tanzanians
and one Rwandan ‘guilty of attempted murder’ after acquitting two other
Rwandans -- the alleged mastermind and General Kayumba Nyamwasa’s former
driver.
Mkhari also concluded that the bid to assassinate Nyamwasa was politically motivated.
“The attempted murder of General Nyamwasa was...
politically motivated, emanating from a certain group of people from
Rwanda,” he said.
Rwandan national Amani Uriwane, together with
Tanzanians Hassan Mohammedi Nduli, Sady Abdou and Hemedi Dengengo Sefu,
will be sentenced on September 10.
Six men in all -- three Rwandans and three
Tanzanians -- were put on trial for the failed plot to kill Nyamwasa, a
former member of Kagame’s inner circle.
He fled to South Africa in February 2010 after falling out with the Kigali administration.
Nyamwasa was shot and wounded in June 2010 as
South Africa hosted the World Cup in what Pretoria described as an
attack by foreign “security operatives”.
Since that first attack, Nyamwasa has survived three other attempts on his life.
Kagame is revered as a hero by many both in his
country and abroad for his role 20 years ago in ending the Rwandan
genocide, which left some 800,000 people dead and the country in ruins.
But human rights groups have long accused his
government of being behind hits on Kagame’s critics who have sought
political asylum abroad.
Kigali has denied any links to the killings.
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