Security organs in Musanze District are searching for a man suspected to have killed a local security officer from Gahama Village Gakoro Cell, Gacaca Sector in the district.
The victim was identified as Mutuyimana, the only name found on his identity papers.
The perpetrator, also known by a single Uwiringiyimana name, is 27 years old, who is also from the same cell as a security officer at Murora Village.
In an incident on Monday evening, the suspect, who is on the run, allegedly hacked his colleague with a machete. The victim died at the scene.
According to accounts by the residents and grassroots leaders, the suspect also hacked his own spouse with a machete over a wrangle that had yet to be known, the wife survived the incident last Friday, and she is currently admitted to Ruhengeri Referral Hospital in intensive care.
The suspect disappeared after injuring his spouse, a move that triggered local officials to launch a manhunt to get him to book, as Anaclet Habinshuti, the executive secretary of the Gacaca Sector, said in an interview.
“Uwilingiyima had disappeared until he surfaced on Monday night to hack his colleague, who was part of the search party and disappeared again,” said Habinshuti.
Speaking on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), Marie Michelle Umuhoza, revealed that security organs have stepped up efforts to seek out the suspect for justice to prevail.
“RIB is aware of the developments and we are working with other security organs to look for the suspect, we are also gathering evidence so that the suspect faces justice whenever he will be apprehended,” she said.
