By HAVYARIMANA MOSES
In Summary
- The development comes in the wake of a Burundi police statement in October confirming that some Burundian nationals were in contact with members of the Al-Shabab terror group.
Burundi's Intelligence service has arrested the
brother of Bertrand Nzohabonayo, a man who was shot dead after attacking
a police station in France.
Nzohabonayo (20), a French citizen of Burundian
descent, was on Saturday shot dead after attacking a police station in
Joue-les-tours in France with a knife injuring three officers. At the
time, his brother Brice Nzohabonayo was visiting family in Burundi's
capital Bujumbura.
“Brice Nzohabonayo is currently detained for
further investigation since he was much closer and used to travel
together with his brother to Burundi recently,” a statement from
Burundi’s intelligence service read after his detention on Monday.
Terrorism fears
The development comes in the wake of a Burundi
police statement in October confirming that some Burundian nationals
were in contact with members of the Al-Shabab terror group.
"The police just discovered with the joint network
of information that there are Burundians who are in contact with
suspected terrorist networks indoctrination, we have already arrested
two suspects for more detailed investigation ", Burundi Police spokesman
Heménégilde Harimenshi said earlier this year during a press
conference. He also noted that terrorist circles were using veiled
recruited methods to target unsuspecting potential recruits.
Burundi has so far received numerous attack
threats from Al-shabaab militants due to the country’s continued
presence in peace keeping mission (Amisom) in Somalia.
The US and Belgian embassies in October warned
their citizens to limit their travels and stays in the country by
issuing travel warnings of a possible attack by the Al Shabaab militants
in the country
Since 2007, Burundi has provided the second
largest contingent of officers (5,432 troops) to the African Union
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Bujumbura has so far sent six battalions to
Somalia with three deputy force commanders including the former AMISOM
force commander Lt. General Silas Ntigurirwa who this month ended his
tenure as AMISOM commander.
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