Arrests Made In Shooting Of Exiled Rwandan Army Chief
June 22 2010
South African police say they have arrested six people linked to the Saturday shooting of an exiled Rwandan army chief, the New York Times reports.
The police withheld the nationalities of those arrested.
Lt. Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who is in stable condition, was shot in the stomach as he returned to his home in Johannesburg, said authorities.
His wife claimed the attack was an assassination attempt authorized by Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda had denied...
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