Mozambican Police has denied rumours that it arrested suspects in the murder of Patrick Karegeya
Authorities in Mozambique have denied reports that they have arrested Rwandans suspected of assassinating Rwandan fugitive and former head of external intelligence Patrick Karegeya in South Africa last week.
Mozambique National Police Spokesman, Pedro Cossa told South Africa’s The Star newspaper on Wednesday that his government “categorically” denies any knowledge of the reported detention in Maputo, particularly of Francis Gakwerere.
Reports have been circulating across foreign media of arrests of Rwandans in connection with the murder of Patrick Karegeya.
On Wednesday, another South African newspaper, The New Age quoted a private investigator Chad Thomas as saying that Gakwerere and two other Rwandan nationals had been arrested in a Maputo hotel for the murder of Karegeya, who was found dead in Sandton hotel in South Africa on New Year’s Day.
Government denies arrests
A Mozambique government spokesman, Deputy Justice Minister Alnerto Nkutumula, said he knew nothing about any arrests of Rwandan suspects.
He added that he had made a routine check of prisons – which his ministry controls – and found no Rwandan detainees.
The remarks were also supported by Mozambican foreign ministry saying it ‘it knows nothing about the arrests.