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Rwandan Exiled General Wounded in Assassination Attempt

Rwandan General Kayumba Nyamwasa, exiled in South Africa,  Wounded in Assassination Attempt

by AfroAmerica Network

General Kayumba Nyamwasa, a former amy chief of staff and  Rwanda’s former Ambassador to India, was  shot and critically wounded in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, June 19, 2010.

According to accounts by his wife, Rosetta Nyamwasa, a lonely gunman armed with a pistol fired two bullets one of which hit  her husband in the stomach. General Kaumba Nyamwasa tried to disarm the gunman after the pistol jammed. The  gunman fled the scene into a waiting car driven by a possible accomplice.

Rosetta Nyamwasa quickly  blamed the Rwandan Government for ordering the assassination,

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